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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Due to ( কারণে ) His absence is due to illness.
  • Lame of ( খোঁড়া ) He is lame of one leg.
  • Absorbed in ( নিবিষ্ট ; মগ্ন ) Scientist is absorbed in experiment
  • Different from ( পৃথক ) This book is different from that.
  • Mourn for ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn for the dead.
  • Bound for ( যাত্রার জন্য প্রস্তুত ) The ship is bound for England.

Idioms:

  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • At arm’s length ( দূরে ) Try to keep the bad boy at arm’s length.
  • Out of date ( অপ্রচলিত ) This fashion is now out of date.
  • Bone of contention ( বিবাদের বিষয় ) The paternal property is the bone of contention between the two brothers.
  • Make both ends meet ( আয়ব্যয় মেলানো ) I cannot make both ends meet with my small income.
  • when pigs fly ( কখনও না ) I will help you when pigs fly