"I was reading the dictionary. I thought
it was a poem about everything."
                     --Steven Wright

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Deaf of ( বধির ) He is deaf of one ear.
  • Dull at ( কাঁচা ) He is dull at Physics.
  • Die by ( মারা যাওয়া (বিষ) ) He died by poison.
  • Excuse for ( অব্যাহতি দেওয়া ) He will not be excused for coming late.
  • Sanguine of ( নিশ্চিত ) She is sanguine of her success.
  • Vary from ( আলাদা হওয়া ) His opinion varies from his brother's.

Idioms:

  • By no means ( কোন ভাবেই না ) I shall by no means call on him.
  • At least ( অন্ততঃ ) At least one hundred boys will come to school today.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • Wild goose chase ( পন্ডশ্রম ) Do not waste time in wild goose chase.
  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather
  • Hold good ( প্রযুক্ত হওয়া ) This ruls will not hold good here.