"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.
  • Search for ( অনুসন্ধান ) Their search for the thing was of no avail.
  • Composed of ( তৈরি ) Water is composed of Hydrogen and Oxygen.
  • Alarmed at ( আতঙ্কিত ) We were alarmed at he news.
  • Enquire of ( অনুসন্ধান করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He enquired of me into the matter.
  • Restrict to ( সীমাবব্ধ করা ) Admission was restricted to students.

Idioms:

  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.
  • Nip in the bud ( অঙ্কুরে বিনষ্ট করা ) All his hopes were nipped in the bud.
  • reinvent the wheel ( এমন কোনকিছু তৈরিতে সময় নষ্ট করা যা বর্তমানে বিদ্যমান ও ঠিকঠাক কাজ করে ) There's no point in us reinventing the wheel
  • In vain ( বৃথা ) All his attempts were in vain.
  • From hand to mouth ( দিন আনে দিন খায় ) The poor man lives form hand to mouth.
  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.