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- Prefer to ( অধিক পছন্দ করা ) I prefer coffee to tea.
- Famous for ( বিখ্যাত ) Radhanager is famous for the birth place of Raja Rammohan.
- Aloof from ( দূরে থাকা ) Keep yourself aloof from bad company.
- Favourable to ( অনুকূল (ব্যক্তি) ) This situation is favourable to me for doing this.
- Triumph over ( জয় করা ) Jim and Della triumphed over their poverty.
- Useful for ( প্রয়োজনীয় (উদ্দেশ্য) ) This book is useful to us for examination.
Idioms:
- At last ( অবশেষে ) I got my missing book at last.
- Red tape ( লাল ফিতার বাঁধন ; আমলাতান্ত্রিকতা ) Red tapism causes delay in official work.
- Bone of contention ( বিবাদের বিষয় ) The paternal property is the bone of contention between the two brothers.
- Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.
- loose cannon ( অপ্রত্যাশিত ) He is a bit of a loose cannon.
- Out of doors ( বাহিরে ) It is rather cold out of doors.