"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.
  • Lacking in ( অভাব আছে এমন ) He is lacking in courage.
  • Offensive to ( বিরক্তিকর ) This acrid smell is offensive to me.
  • Fond of ( অনুরাগী ) Children are fond of sweets.
  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Consist of ( গঠিত হওয়া ) This class consists of fifty boys and thirty girls.

Idioms:

  • cringing flatterer ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • to the bad ( মন্দাবস্থায় ; ঘাটতি অবস্থায় )
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • In vain ( বৃথা ) All his attempts were in vain.
  • By hook or by crook ( যে কোন উপায়ে ) You must do this work by hook or by crook.
  • After all ( সবকিছু সত্ত্বেও ) After all, he is a patriot.