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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Inferior to ( নিকৃষ্ট ; হীন ) He is inferior to his neighbour.
  • Mourn over ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn over the dead.
  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Useful for ( প্রয়োজনীয় (উদ্দেশ্য) ) This book is useful to us for examination.
  • Play on ( বাজানো ) He played on guitar.

Idioms:

  • Call to mind ( স্মরণ করা ) I cannot call to mind your name.
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • Steer clear of ( এড়াইয়া চলা ) You must steer clear of evil company.
  • All but ( প্রায় ) The poor villagers are all but ruined.
  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.
  • be bad at ( দক্ষ না হওয়া )