"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.
  • Oblige to ( বাধিত করা ) I am obliged to him for his co-operation.
  • Agree with ( একমত হওয়া (ব্যক্তি) ) I agree with you on this point
  • Tell upon ( ক্ষতি করা ) Over-eating tells upon health.
  • Opportunity for ( সুযোগ ) I have no opportunity for (of) doing the work.
  • Officiate for ( পরিবর্তে কাজ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He officiated for me in that post.

Idioms:

  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.
  • Maiden speech ( প্রথম বক্তৃতা ) His maiden speech fell flat on the audience.
  • Above all ( প্রধানত ; সর্বোপরি ) We should be kind, polite, and above all honest.
  • Hold good ( প্রযুক্ত হওয়া ) This ruls will not hold good here.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • clever hit ( কথার মতন কথা )