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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Void of ( বিহীন ) He is void of common sense.
  • Lame of ( খোঁড়া ) He is lame of one leg.
  • Die in ( মারা যাওয়া (শান্তি) ) Let me die in peace.
  • Different from ( পৃথক ) This book is different from that.
  • Want of ( অভাব ) We have no want of money.
  • Allot to ( বিলি করা ) One room has been allotted to him.

Idioms:

  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.
  • put the cart before the horse ( স্বাভাবিক অবস্থা উলটাইয়া দেওয়া ; অস্বাভাবিক অবস্থা পরিণত করা )
  • By chance ( দৈবাৎ ) I met him on the way by chance.
  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.
  • Far and wide ( সর্বত্র ) His fame as a scholar spread far and wide
  • As if ( যেন ) He swims so beautifully as if he is the Olympic gold medalist.