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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Divert from ( অন্যদিকে নেওয়া ) The loud music diverted my attention from study.
  • Good at ( দক্ষ ) He is good at tennis.
  • Delight in ( আনন্দ ) He takes delight in music.
  • Escape by ( রক্ষা করা ) He escaped by a hair breadth.
  • Distinguish between ( প্রভেদ করা ) Distinguish between a phrase and a clause.
  • Overcome by ( দমন করা ) He was overcome by anger.

Idioms:

  • At all events ( যাই ঘটুক সব ক্ষেত্রেই ) I shall stand by him at all events.
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.
  • Of course ( অবশ্যই ) Of course, you know what that means
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.