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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.
  • Limit to ( সীমা ) You should have a limit to your demands.
  • Despair of ( নিরাশ হওয়া ) Do not despair of success.
  • Apply for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He applied to the Secretary for the post.
  • Look into ( অনুসন্ধান করা ) I am looking into the matter.
  • False to ( মিথ্যাবাদী ) I cannot be false to my friend.

Idioms:

  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.
  • Lion's share ( সিংহভাগ ) He took the lion's share of the profit.
  • Ins and outs ( খুঁটিনাটি সব কিছু ) I know the ins and outs of the matter.
  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )