"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.
  • Compete for ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন কিছু) ) He competed for the first position.
  • Restore to ( ফিরিয়ে দেওয়া ) Restore his property to him.
  • Differ from ( ভিন্নরূপ হওয়া ) This thing differs from that.
  • Overcome with ( দমন করা ) He was overcome with fatigue.
  • Limit to ( সীমা ) You should have a limit to your demands.

Idioms:

  • Build castles in the air ( আকাশ কুসুম চিন্তা করা ) Don't idle away your time in building castles in the air.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • Come off with flying colours ( জয়লাভ করা ) Our School team came off with flying colours.
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.