"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.
  • Acquit of ( খালাস দেওয়া ) High court acquit him of the charge.
  • Useful to ( প্রয়োজনীয় (ব্যক্তি) ) This book is useful to us for examination.
  • Prefer to ( অধিক পছন্দ করা ) I prefer coffee to tea.
  • Search of ( অনুসন্ধানে ব্যস্ত ) They are in search of nice bird.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.

Idioms:

  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.
  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )
  • By far ( সর্বাংশে ) He is by far the best boy in the class.
  • ABC ( প্রাথমিক জ্ঞান ) Everybody must know at least the ABC of religion.
  • At all events ( যাই ঘটুক সব ক্ষেত্রেই ) I shall stand by him at all events.
  • In vain ( বৃথা ) All his attempts were in vain.