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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Differ from ( ভিন্নরূপ হওয়া ) This thing differs from that.
  • Superior to ( উৎকৃষ্টতর ) This type of rice is superior to that.
  • Beware of ( সতর্ক হওয়া ) Beware of pick-pockets.
  • Indebted to ( ঋণী ; কৃতজ্ঞ ) I am indebted to him for this help.
  • Die of ( মারা যাওয়া (রোগ) ) He died of cholera.
  • Familiar with ( সুপরিচিত ) He is familiar with my brother.

Idioms:

  • In lieu of ( পরিবর্তে ) Give me this pen in lieu of that.
  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.
  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.
  • Now and then ( মাঝে মাঝে ) He comes here now and then.
  • pulling your leg ( কৌতক করা ) Do not take it seriously, i was just pulling you leg
  • In force ( বলবৎ ) This law is in force now.