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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Cure of ( আরগ্য হওয়া ) He will be cured of the disease very soon.
  • Deaf of ( বধির ) He is deaf of one ear.
  • Parallel to ( সমান্তরাল ) This line is parallel to that.
  • Live for ( বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives for fame.
  • Die by ( মারা যাওয়া (বিষ) ) He died by poison.
  • Exempt from ( রেহাই দেওয়া ) He was exempted from the fine.

Idioms:

  • At arm’s length ( দূরে ) Try to keep the bad boy at arm’s length.
  • In lieu of ( পরিবর্তে ) Give me this pen in lieu of that.
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • All on a sudden ( হঠাৎ ) All on a sudden a tiger came out of the bush.
  • Bad blood ( মনোমালিন্য ; শত্রতা ; দ্বেষ ) Now there is bad blood between the two brothers.
  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.