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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Deprived of ( বঞ্চিত ) He was deprived of his property.
  • Despair of ( নিরাশ হওয়া ) Do not despair of success.
  • Close to ( নিকটে ) The school is very close to our house.
  • Complain to ( অভিযোগ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) The complained to the Director against the Manager about her behavior.
  • Divide into ( বিভক্ত করা (অংশ) ) It was divided into several parts.
  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.

Idioms:

  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • Round the clock ( সমস্ত দিন ) He is working round the clock.
  • Bed of roses ( আরামদায়ক অবস্থা ) Life is not a bed of roses.
  • After all ( সবকিছু সত্ত্বেও ) After all, he is a patriot.
  • bad debts ( অশোধ্য বা অনাদায়ী ঋন ; যে ঋন শোধ করা যাবে না )