"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.
  • Liable to ( দায়ী ) He is liable to fine for his misconduct.
  • Argue against ( যূক্তি দেখানো (কোন কিছু) ) I argued with him against the point.
  • Liking for ( রুচি ) She has a liking for music.
  • Open at ( উন্মুক্ত করা বা খোলা ) Open at page 20 of English book.
  • Rid of ( মুক্ত হওয়া ) Get rid of bad company.

Idioms:

  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • On the whole ( মোটের উপর ) On the whole, his conduct is good.
  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.
  • set a naught ( কলা দেখানো )
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.