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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Come of ( জন্মগ্রহণ করা ) He comes of a noble family.
  • Apply for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He applied to the Secretary for the post.
  • Escape from ( পলায়ন করা ) The prisoner escaped from the jail.
  • Opposite to ( বিপরীত ) Your idea is opposite to mine.
  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.
  • Divide into ( বিভক্ত করা (অংশ) ) It was divided into several parts.

Idioms:

  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • Maiden speech ( প্রথম বক্তৃতা ) His maiden speech fell flat on the audience.
  • Out of order ( বিকল ) This car is out of order.
  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )
  • At a loss ( হতবু্দ্ধি ; কিংকর্তব্যবিমূঢ় ) He was at a loss and did not know what to do.
  • Bird of a feather ( এক রকম স্বভাবের লোক ) Birds of a feather flock together.