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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Aloof from ( দূরে থাকা ) Keep yourself aloof from bad company.
  • Vain of ( অহঙ্কারী ) She is vain of her beauty.
  • Offend against ( লঙ্গন করা ) You have offended against good manners.
  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.
  • Agree with ( একমত হওয়া (ব্যক্তি) ) I agree with you on this point
  • Prior to ( পূর্বে ) Prior to that, he was in a wretched condition.

Idioms:

  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.
  • In lieu of ( পরিবর্তে ) Give me this pen in lieu of that.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • Red tape ( লাল ফিতার বাঁধন ; আমলাতান্ত্রিকতা ) Red tapism causes delay in official work.
  • Carry the day ( জয়লাভ করা ) Rajib, the best player of the school, carried the day in the annual sports.
  • By chance ( দৈবাৎ ) I met him on the way by chance.