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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Mourn for ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn for the dead.
  • Prohibit from ( বারণ করা ) I prohibited him from going there.
  • Look up ( শব্দার্থ খোঁজা ) Look up the word in the dictionary.
  • Aware of ( সচেতন ) Man should aware of the danger of environment pollution.
  • Distinguish between ( প্রভেদ করা ) Distinguish between a phrase and a clause.
  • Callous to ( উদাসীন ) He is callous to my suffering.

Idioms:

  • To the letter ( অক্ষরে অক্ষরে ) He followed my advice to the letter.
  • be in ones bad books ( কারও অপ্রিয় হওয়া )
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • At large ( স্বাধীন ) The anti-socials are still at large.
  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.
  • a rotten apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few rotten apples.