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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Inferior to ( নিকৃষ্ট ; হীন ) He is inferior to his neighbour.
  • Accompanied by ( সঙ্গী হওয়া ) He was accompanied by his father.
  • Restrict to ( সীমাবব্ধ করা ) Admission was restricted to students.
  • Satisfied with ( সন্তুষ্ট ) I am satisfied with him or I am satisfied of the truth.
  • Prefer to ( অধিক পছন্দ করা ) I prefer coffee to tea.
  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.

Idioms:

  • Come off with flying colours ( জয়লাভ করা ) Our School team came off with flying colours.
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • bell the cat ( সর্তকতার জন্য বিড়ালের গলায় ঘন্টা বাধা ; কোন কাজ যেটা অর্জন করা কঠিন বা অসম্ভব ) Everybody is trying but who actually bell the cat?
  • Bid fair ( ভালো কিছু আশা করা ) He bids fair to be a good doctor.
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • At least ( অন্ততঃ ) At least one hundred boys will come to school today.