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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Preferable to ( অধিক পছন্দযোগ্য ) Death is preferable to dishonor.
  • Prevent from ( বারণ করা ; প্রতিরোধ করা ) I prevented him from going there.‌
  • Attend on ( সেবা করা ) She attends on her mother.
  • Mourn over ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn over the dead.
  • Deaf to ( শুনতে অনিচ্ছুক ) He is deaf to my request.
  • Interest in ( আগ্রহ ) He has a special interest in history.

Idioms:

  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.
  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.
  • Cock and bull story ( গাঁজাখুরি গল্প ) Nobody will believe your cock and bull story
  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.
  • blue blood ( অভিজাত বংশের রক্ত বহনকারী )
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.