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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Superior to ( উৎকৃষ্টতর ) This type of rice is superior to that.
  • Differ on ( ভিন্ন মত হওয়া (ব্যপার) ) I differ with you on this point.
  • Hope for ( আশা করা ) Let us hope for the best.
  • Brood on (over) ( মন খারাপ করা ) Do not brood over your misfortune.
  • Trust to ( বিশ্বাস করা (ব্যক্তি) ) You may trust the work to me.
  • Officiate for ( পরিবর্তে কাজ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He officiated for me in that post.

Idioms:

  • blue blood ( অভিজাত বংশের রক্ত বহনকারী )
  • Gift of the gab ( বাককটুতা ) An advocate should have the gift of the gab.
  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • By far ( সর্বাংশে ) He is by far the best boy in the class.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.