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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Vain of ( অহঙ্কারী ) She is vain of her beauty.
  • Compare to ( তুলনা করা (অসদৃশ বস্তু) ) Anger is compared to fire.
  • Inferior to ( নিকৃষ্ট ; হীন ) He is inferior to his neighbour.
  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.
  • Aloof from ( দূরে থাকা ) Keep yourself aloof from bad company.
  • Attend upon ( সেবা করা ) She attends upon her mother.

Idioms:

  • Head and ears ( সম্পূর্ণরূপে ) He is over head and ears in debt.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • Nip in the bud ( অঙ্কুরে বিনষ্ট করা ) All his hopes were nipped in the bud.
  • be in ones bad books ( কারও অপ্রিয় হওয়া )
  • In vain ( বৃথা ) All his attempts were in vain.