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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.
  • Superior to ( উৎকৃষ্টতর ) This type of rice is superior to that.
  • Prone to ( ঝোঁক আছে এমন ) He is prone to idleness.
  • Subject to ( শর্তাধীন ) This is subject to approval of the committee.
  • Boast of ( গর্ব করা ) Do not boast of your wealth.
  • Due to ( কারণে ) His absence is due to illness.

Idioms:

  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • 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 fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.
  • Flesh and blood ( রক্তমাংসের শরীর ) Flesh and blood cannot bear with such insults.
  • reap the harvest of sin ( কর্ম ভোগ করা )