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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Apply to ( আবেদন করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He applied to he Secretary for the post.
  • Different from ( পৃথক ) This book is different from that.
  • Look up ( শব্দার্থ খোঁজা ) Look up the word in the dictionary.
  • Prevent from ( বারণ করা ; প্রতিরোধ করা ) I prevented him from going there.‌
  • Prefer to ( অধিক পছন্দ করা ) I prefer coffee to tea.
  • Fond of ( অনুরাগী ) Children are fond of sweets.

Idioms:

  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • Turn down ( প্রত্যাখান করা ) He turned down my proposal.
  • By leaps and bounds ( অতি দ্রুতগতিতে ) The population of Bangladesh is increasing by leaps and bounds.
  • Head and ears ( সম্পূর্ণরূপে ) He is over head and ears in debt.
  • Chip of the old block ( বাপকা বেটা ) He is a chip of the old black.
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.