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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Retire from ( অবসর লওয়া ) He retired from service on a pension.
  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.
  • Wonder at ( অবাক হওয়া ) I wonder at his ignorance.
  • Compare to ( তুলনা করা (অসদৃশ বস্তু) ) Anger is compared to fire.
  • Interest in ( আগ্রহ ) He has a special interest in history.
  • Blind to ( দোষের প্রতি অন্ধ ) He is blind to his won faults.

Idioms:

  • Hush money ( ঘুষ ) He offered a hush money to suppress the murder.
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • From hand to mouth ( দিন আনে দিন খায় ) The poor man lives form hand to mouth.
  • Slip of the pen ( লেখায় অসতর্কতাবশতঃ সামান্য ভুল ) This mistake is due to a slip of the pen.
  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.
  • set a naught ( কলা দেখানো )