"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.
  • Feel for ( সহানুভূতি অনুভব করা ) I feel for you in your trouble.
  • Die of ( মারা যাওয়া (রোগ) ) He died of cholera.
  • Devote to ( উৎসর্গ করা ) He devotes much time to study.
  • Key to ( সমাধানের উপায় ) He has found out the key to his problem.
  • Impose on ( চাপানো ) The task was imposed on him.

Idioms:

  • Rank and file ( সাধারণ লোক ) We should pay attention to the rank and file of the country.
  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.
  • In no time ( শীঘ্র ) He will finish the work in no time.
  • by dint of ( ফলে (সাধারণত বল প্রয়োগের ফলে) )
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • In vain ( বৃথা ) All his attempts were in vain.