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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Prefer to ( অধিক পছন্দ করা ) I prefer coffee to tea.
  • Alternative to ( বিকল্প ) This question is alternative to that.
  • Rest upon ( নির্ভর করা ; বিশ্বাসস্থাপন করা ) I rest upon your promise.
  • Absorbed in ( নিবিষ্ট ; মগ্ন ) Scientist is absorbed in experiment
  • Persist in ( লেগে থাকা ) He persisted in disturbing me.

Idioms:

  • On the spur of the moment ( মুহুর্তের উত্তেজনায় ) He did it on the spur of the moment.
  • At last ( অবশেষে ) I got my missing book at last.
  • In vain ( বৃথা ) All his attempts were in vain.
  • set a naught ( কলা দেখানো )
  • A black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) Tom is a black sheep in their family
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.