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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Excuse for ( অব্যাহতি দেওয়া ) He will not be excused for coming late.
  • Smile on ( অনুগ্রহ করা ) Fortune smiled on him.
  • Preferable to ( অধিক পছন্দযোগ্য ) Death is preferable to dishonor.
  • Different from ( পৃথক ) This book is different from that.
  • Fit for ( যোগ্য ) He is not fit for the job.
  • Prompt in ( চটপটে (উত্তর) ) He is prompt in his answer.

Idioms:

  • In order to ( উদ্দেশ্য ) He came here in order to meet my mother.
  • In a fix ( মুশকিলে পতিত ) He is in a fix and does not know what to do.
  • Bring to book ( শাস্তি দেওয়া ) He should be brought to book for his misconduct.
  • Bed of roses ( আরামদায়ক অবস্থা ) Life is not a bed of roses.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist