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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Preside over ( সভাপতিত্ব করা ) He presided over the meeting.
  • Favourable to ( অনুকূল (ব্যক্তি) ) This situation is favourable to me for doing this.
  • Deprived of ( বঞ্চিত ) He was deprived of his property.
  • Informed of ( অবহিত ) I was not informed of your misfortune.
  • Compete for ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন কিছু) ) He competed for the first position.
  • Sentence to ( দন্ডাদেশ দেওয়া ) He was sentenced to death for murder.

Idioms:

  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )
  • Gift of the gab ( বাককটুতা ) An advocate should have the gift of the gab.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • blue blood ( অভিজাত বংশের রক্ত বহনকারী )
  • In vogue ( চালু ) This custom is not in vogue now.
  • Maiden speech ( প্রথম বক্তৃতা ) His maiden speech fell flat on the audience.