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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Marry to ( বিবাহ দেওয়া ) He married his daughter to a rich man.
  • Confined in ( আবদ্ধ (কক্ষ) ) He is confined in a room for five days.
  • Offensive to ( বিরক্তিকর ) This acrid smell is offensive to me.
  • Different from ( পৃথক ) This book is different from that.
  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.
  • Inquire about ( অনুসন্ধান করা (কোন ব্যপার) ) I inquired of him about (into) the matter.

Idioms:

  • In one's teens ( তের থেকে উনিশ বছর বয়সের মধ্যে ) She is yet in her teens.
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • Black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) He is a black sheep in his family.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • bad debts ( অশোধ্য বা অনাদায়ী ঋন ; যে ঋন শোধ করা যাবে না )
  • loose cannon ( অপ্রত্যাশিত ) He is a bit of a loose cannon.