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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Retire from ( অবসর লওয়া ) He retired from service on a pension.
  • Sentence to ( দন্ডাদেশ দেওয়া ) He was sentenced to death for murder.
  • Loyal to ( বিশ্বস্ত ) He is loyal to his master.
  • Part with ( বিচ্ছিন্ন হওয়া (কোন জিনিস) ) She parted with the ring.
  • Escape from ( পলায়ন করা ) The prisoner escaped from the jail.
  • Unite with ( ঐক্যবদ্ধ হওয়া ) Be united with your friends.

Idioms:

  • Carry the day ( জয়লাভ করা ) Rajib, the best player of the school, carried the day in the annual sports.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • In a fix ( মুশকিলে পতিত ) He is in a fix and does not know what to do.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.
  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.