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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Alarmed at ( আতঙ্কিত ) We were alarmed at he news.
  • Part from ( বিচ্ছিন্ন হওয়া (ব্যক্তি) ) He parted form his friend.
  • Preferable to ( অধিক পছন্দযোগ্য ) Death is preferable to dishonor.
  • Lame of ( খোঁড়া ) He is lame of one leg.
  • Useful for ( প্রয়োজনীয় (উদ্দেশ্য) ) This book is useful to us for examination.
  • Lay by ( সঞ্চয় করা ) Lay by something for the old age.

Idioms:

  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )
  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather
  • By chance ( দৈবাৎ ) I met him on the way by chance.
  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )
  • clever hit ( কথার মতন কথা )
  • Lame excuse ( বাজে গুজব ) This lame excuse will to do.