"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.
  • Careful of ( যত্নবান ) He is careful of his money.
  • Offend against ( লঙ্গন করা ) You have offended against good manners.
  • Devote to ( উৎসর্গ করা ) He devotes much time to study.
  • Loyal to ( বিশ্বস্ত ) He is loyal to his master.
  • Obsessed with ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is obsessed with the idea.

Idioms:

  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather
  • In order to ( উদ্দেশ্য ) He came here in order to meet my mother.
  • At all events ( যাই ঘটুক সব ক্ষেত্রেই ) I shall stand by him at all events.
  • In the mean time ( ইতিমধ্যে ) Lila will come here to-night. In the mean time you should get her room ready.