"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.
  • Satisfaction in ( সন্তোষ ) I find satisfaction in gardening. Great was his satisfaction with her result.
  • Limited to ( সীমাবদ্ধ ) Invitation was limited to members only.
  • Divide into ( বিভক্ত করা (অংশ) ) It was divided into several parts.
  • Excuse for ( অব্যাহতি দেওয়া ) He will not be excused for coming late.
  • Respond to ( উত্তর দেওয়া ) Nobody responded to my call.

Idioms:

  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.
  • breathe out ( নিঃশ্বাস ত্যাগ করা ) At last, he breathed his last breath out, and that was the end.
  • be bad at ( দক্ষ না হওয়া )
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • Curry favour ( তোষামোদ করিয়ে প্রিয় হওয়া ) He knows how to curry favour with officers.
  • In full swing ( পুরাদমে ) The school is now in full swing.