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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Preferable to ( অধিক পছন্দযোগ্য ) Death is preferable to dishonor.
  • Quarrel over ( কলহ করা (কোনকিছু) ) They quarreled with one another over the property.
  • Ignorant of ( অজ্ঞ ) He is ignorant of this rule.
  • Offended at ( বিরক্ত (কোন কাজে) ) I am offended with you at your conduct.
  • Wait for ( অপেক্ষা করা ) I waited for him for two hours.
  • Worthy of ( যোগ্য ) He is worthy of our praise.

Idioms:

  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • Fish in a troubled water ( এলোমোলো অবস্থায় সুযোগ নেওয়া ) He made a lot of money by fishing in a troubled water.
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • to the bad ( মন্দাবস্থায় ; ঘাটতি অবস্থায় )
  • In lieu of ( পরিবর্তে ) Give me this pen in lieu of that.
  • At all ( আদৌ ) He does not know French at all.