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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Excuse for ( অব্যাহতি দেওয়া ) He will not be excused for coming late.
  • Opposite to ( বিপরীত ) Your idea is opposite to mine.
  • Devoid of ( বর্জিত ) He is devoid of common sense.
  • Exempt from ( রেহাই দেওয়া ) He was exempted from the fine.
  • Look up ( শব্দার্থ খোঁজা ) Look up the word in the dictionary.
  • According to ( অনুসারে ) According to his order i went there.

Idioms:

  • have ones eyes ( কারও হাতে বিস্তর কাজ থাকা )
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • vile sycophant ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • By hook or by crook ( যে কোন উপায়ে ) You must do this work by hook or by crook.
  • Tooth and nail ( তীব্রভাবে ) He fought tooth and nail against his enemy.