"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.
  • Prompt at ( চটপটে (ব্যক্তিত্ব) ) He is prompt at figures.
  • Attend on ( সেবা করা ) She attends on her mother.
  • Informed of ( অবহিত ) I was not informed of your misfortune.
  • Lack of ( অভাব ) I have no lack of friends.
  • Admit of ( স্বীকৃতি পাওয়া ) Your conduct admits of no excuse.

Idioms:

  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • By no means ( কোন ভাবেই না ) I shall by no means call on him.
  • have a bad time ( দুশ্চিন্তায় কাল কাটানো ; দুঃসময়ে পড়া )
  • In vain ( বৃথা ) All his attempts were in vain.
  • At all ( আদৌ ) He does not know French at all.
  • Bird of a feather ( এক রকম স্বভাবের লোক ) Birds of a feather flock together.