"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.
  • Greed for ( লোভ ) He has no greed for wealth.
  • Triumph over ( জয় করা ) Jim and Della triumphed over their poverty.
  • Weak of ( দূর্বল ) He is weak of understanding.
  • Occupied with ( নিয়োজিত (কাজ) ) He is occupied with his studies.
  • Occupied in ( নিয়োজিত ) He is occupied in writing a letter.

Idioms:

  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • By chance ( দৈবাৎ ) I met him on the way by chance.
  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.
  • Out of temper ( ক্রুদ্ধ ) He is out of temper now.
  • To the contrary ( কাহারও বক্তব্যের বিপক্ষে ) In the court he said nothing to the contrary.
  • Lion's share ( সিংহভাগ ) He took the lion's share of the profit.