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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Fond of ( অনুরাগী ) Children are fond of sweets.
  • Accompanied with ( একসঙ্গে ঘটা ) He has fever accompanied with headache.
  • Consist of ( গঠিত হওয়া ) This class consists of fifty boys and thirty girls.
  • Preside over ( সভাপতিত্ব করা ) He presided over the meeting.
  • Obsessed by ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is obsessed by the idea.
  • Useful for ( প্রয়োজনীয় (উদ্দেশ্য) ) This book is useful to us for examination.

Idioms:

  • In lieu of ( পরিবর্তে ) Give me this pen in lieu of that.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • A bed of roses ( সুখ-স্বাচ্ছন্দ্যপূর্ণ জীবন ) Many people think that life is a bed of roses
  • Out of doors ( বাহিরে ) It is rather cold out of doors.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • Read between the lines ( তাৎপর্য বোঝা ) Try to read between the lines of the letter.