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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Prevent from ( বারণ করা ; প্রতিরোধ করা ) I prevented him from going there.‌
  • Obsessed with ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is obsessed with the idea.
  • Prior to ( পূর্বে ) Prior to that, he was in a wretched condition.
  • Jealous of ( ঈর্ষা পরায়ণ ) I am not at all jealous of his fortune.
  • Suffer from ( কষ্ট পাওয়া ) He is suffering from fever.
  • Hard of ( কম শোনা ) He is hard of hearing.

Idioms:

  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • Chip of the old block ( বাপকা বেটা ) He is a chip of the old black.
  • Gift of the gab ( বাককটুতা ) An advocate should have the gift of the gab.
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • Red tape ( লাল ফিতার বাঁধন ; আমলাতান্ত্রিকতা ) Red tapism causes delay in official work.