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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Engaged to ( বাগদত্ত ) Lila was engaged to him.
  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.
  • Die by ( মারা যাওয়া (বিষ) ) He died by poison.
  • Access to ( প্রবেশ অধিকার ) Public has no access to this area.
  • Wonder at ( অবাক হওয়া ) I wonder at his ignorance.
  • Bent on ( ঝোঁক ) He is bent on playing cricket.

Idioms:

  • a rotten apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few rotten apples.
  • In black and white ( লিখিতভাবে ) Put down the statement in black and white.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.
  • Bird of a feather ( এক রকম স্বভাবের লোক ) Birds of a feather flock together.
  • Weal and woe ( সুখ-দুঃখ ) Human life is full of weal and woe.