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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Escape by ( রক্ষা করা ) He escaped by a hair breadth.
  • Favourable for ( অনুকূল (কোনকিছু) ) This situation is favorable to me for doing this.
  • Divert from ( অন্যদিকে নেওয়া ) The loud music diverted my attention from study.
  • Confined in ( আবদ্ধ (কক্ষ) ) He is confined in a room for five days.
  • Think of ( চিন্তা করা (ব্যক্তি) ) What do you think of (about) him?
  • Count for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) His advice counts for nothing.

Idioms:

  • In vogue ( চালু ) This custom is not in vogue now.
  • Slow coach ( অলস প্রকৃতির লোক ) You cannot expect much from a slow coach like him.
  • Lame excuse ( বাজে গুজব ) This lame excuse will to do.
  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.
  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather
  • harp on the same string ( এক কথা বারবার বলা )