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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Deaf to ( শুনতে অনিচ্ছুক ) He is deaf to my request.
  • Vary from ( আলাদা হওয়া ) His opinion varies from his brother's.
  • Live by ( কোন উপায়ে বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives by honest means.
  • Polite in ( নম্র ) He is polite in his manners. (Polite to strangers).
  • Burst out ( ফেটে পড়া ) He burst out laughing at my joke.
  • Fond of ( অনুরাগী ) Children are fond of sweets.

Idioms:

  • Bosom friend ( অন্তরঙ্গ বন্ধু ) Rifat is my bosom friend.
  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.
  • By chance ( দৈবাৎ ) I met him on the way by chance.
  • bad debts ( অশোধ্য বা অনাদায়ী ঋন ; যে ঋন শোধ করা যাবে না )
  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.
  • Household word ( সকলের পরিচিত নাম ) Mother Teresa's name has now become a household word.