"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.
  • Offended at ( বিরক্ত (কোন কাজে) ) I am offended with you at your conduct.
  • Pride on ( গর্ব করা ) He prides himself on his high birth.
  • Popular with ( জনপ্রিয় ) He is popular with all for his good behaviour.
  • Free from ( মুক্ত ) He is now free from danger.
  • Based on ( ভিত্তি থাকা ) Your remarks were not based on the facts.

Idioms:

  • Curry favour ( তোষামোদ করিয়ে প্রিয় হওয়া ) He knows how to curry favour with officers.
  • Call to mind ( স্মরণ করা ) I cannot call to mind your name.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.
  • In order to ( উদ্দেশ্য ) He came here in order to meet my mother.
  • At random ( বেপরোয়া ; এলোমেলো ) He hit the ball at random.