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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Prevent from ( বারণ করা ; প্রতিরোধ করা ) I prevented him from going there.‌
  • Escape from ( পলায়ন করা ) The prisoner escaped from the jail.
  • Occur to ( মনে হওয়া ) The idea never occurred to me.
  • Useful for ( প্রয়োজনীয় (উদ্দেশ্য) ) This book is useful to us for examination.
  • Greed for ( লোভ ) He has no greed for wealth.
  • Equal to ( সমতুল্য (কাজ) ) He rose equal to the occasion.

Idioms:

  • At a loss ( হতবু্দ্ধি ; কিংকর্তব্যবিমূঢ় ) He was at a loss and did not know what to do.
  • a rotten apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few rotten apples.
  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.
  • To the contrary ( কাহারও বক্তব্যের বিপক্ষে ) In the court he said nothing to the contrary.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Bosom friend ( অন্তরঙ্গ বন্ধু ) Rifat is my bosom friend.