"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.
  • Mourn for ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn for the dead.
  • Count upon ( নির্ভর করা ) I count upon your help for this work.
  • Opportunity for ( সুযোগ ) I have no opportunity for (of) doing the work.
  • Appeal for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He appealed for pardon.
  • Dull at ( কাঁচা ) He is dull at Physics.

Idioms:

  • be bad at ( দক্ষ না হওয়া )
  • Of course ( অবশ্যই ) Of course, you know what that means
  • In one's teens ( তের থেকে উনিশ বছর বয়সের মধ্যে ) She is yet in her teens.
  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.
  • After all ( সবকিছু সত্ত্বেও ) After all, he is a patriot.
  • In lieu of ( পরিবর্তে ) Give me this pen in lieu of that.