"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.
  • Responsible to ( দায়ী (প্রাধিকার) ) He is responsible to the committee for his action.
  • Search for ( অনুসন্ধান ) Their search for the thing was of no avail.
  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.
  • Look over ( পরীক্ষা করা ) He is looking over the answer papers.
  • Parallel to ( সমান্তরাল ) This line is parallel to that.

Idioms:

  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.
  • Get rid of ( মুক্তি পাওয়া ) Try to get rid of that rogue.
  • At a low ebb ( নিম্নমুখী ) His fame is at a low ebb now.
  • At arm’s length ( দূরে ) Try to keep the bad boy at arm’s length.
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.