"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.
  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.
  • Quick at ( চটপটে ) He is quick at figures.
  • Affectionate to ( স্নেহশীল ) He is affectionate to me.
  • Abound in ( প্রচুর পরিমাণে থাকা ) Fish abounds in this river.
  • Charge with ( অভিযোগ করা (ত্রুটি) ) He was charged with theft.

Idioms:

  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • Steer clear of ( এড়াইয়া চলা ) You must steer clear of evil company.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.
  • Square meal ( পেট ভরা আহার ) He is too poor to have a square meal every day.
  • Turn a deaf ear to ( মনোযোগ না দেওয়া ) He turned a deaf ear to my proposal.