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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Different from ( পৃথক ) This book is different from that.
  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.
  • Fond of ( অনুরাগী ) Children are fond of sweets.
  • Respect to ( সম্বন্ধে ) We are talking with respect to that matter.
  • True to ( বিশ্বস্ত ) He is true to his master.
  • Comment on ( মন্তব্য করা ) He commented favorably on the point.

Idioms:

  • Red tape ( লাল ফিতার বাঁধন ; আমলাতান্ত্রিকতা ) Red tapism causes delay in official work.
  • loose cannon ( অপ্রত্যাশিত ) He is a bit of a loose cannon.
  • harp on the same string ( এক কথা বারবার বলা )
  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.
  • To the contrary ( কাহারও বক্তব্যের বিপক্ষে ) In the court he said nothing to the contrary.
  • All on a sudden ( হঠাৎ ) All on a sudden a tiger came out of the bush.