"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.
  • Count for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) His advice counts for nothing.
  • Callous to ( উদাসীন ) He is callous to my suffering.
  • Talk to ( কথা বলা (ব্যক্তি) ) I am talking to (with) Mr. Roy.
  • Quarrel about ( কলহ করা (কোনকিছু) ) They quarreled with one another about the property.
  • Offended at ( বিরক্ত (কোন কাজে) ) I am offended with you at your conduct.

Idioms:

  • Out of temper ( ক্রুদ্ধ ) He is out of temper now.
  • Lame excuse ( বাজে গুজব ) This lame excuse will to do.
  • In order to ( উদ্দেশ্য ) He came here in order to meet my mother.
  • By no means ( কোন ভাবেই না ) I shall by no means call on him.
  • By hook or by crook ( যে কোন উপায়ে ) You must do this work by hook or by crook.
  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.