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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Due to ( কারণে ) His absence is due to illness.
  • Overcome by ( দমন করা ) He was overcome by anger.
  • Divert from ( অন্যদিকে নেওয়া ) The loud music diverted my attention from study.
  • Endowed with ( ভূষিত ) He is endowed with talents.
  • Preferable to ( অধিক পছন্দযোগ্য ) Death is preferable to dishonor.
  • Smile on ( অনুগ্রহ করা ) Fortune smiled on him.

Idioms:

  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • In one's teens ( তের থেকে উনিশ বছর বয়সের মধ্যে ) She is yet in her teens.
  • A rainy day ( দুর্দিন ) Everybody should save something for rainy day.
  • Wild goose chase ( পন্ডশ্রম ) Do not waste time in wild goose chase.
  • On the whole ( মোটের উপর ) On the whole, his conduct is good.
  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.