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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Prefer to ( অধিক পছন্দ করা ) I prefer coffee to tea.
  • Interfere with ( হস্তক্ষেপ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) Do not interfere with me in my business.
  • Attend on ( সেবা করা ) She attends on her mother.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Encroach on ( অনধিকার প্রবেশ করা ) Do not encroach on my land.
  • Dull of ( বোধশক্তিহীন ) He is dull of understanding.

Idioms:

  • Above board ( সংশয়হীন ভাবে নির্দোষ ) His activities are open and above board.
  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather
  • know from a bare hint ( এক আঁচরেই বোঝা )
  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.
  • Out of doors ( বাহিরে ) It is rather cold out of doors.
  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.