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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Bent on ( ঝোঁক ) He is bent on playing cricket.
  • Prohibit from ( বারণ করা ) I prohibited him from going there.
  • Due to ( কারণে ) His absence is due to illness.
  • Live by ( কোন উপায়ে বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives by honest means.
  • Excuse for ( অব্যাহতি দেওয়া ) He will not be excused for coming late.
  • Yield to ( আত্মসমর্পণ করা ) He Yielded to his enemy.

Idioms:

  • Wild goose chase ( পন্ডশ্রম ) Do not waste time in wild goose chase.
  • Kith and kin ( নিকট আত্মীয় ) He has no good relationship with his kith and kin.
  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.
  • clever hit ( কথার মতন কথা )
  • by dint of ( ফলে (সাধারণত বল প্রয়োগের ফলে) )
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.