"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.
  • Escape from ( পলায়ন করা ) The prisoner escaped from the jail.
  • Wish for ( আকাঙ্খা করা ) I do not wish for name and fame.
  • Indulge in ( আসক্ত হওয়া ) He indulge in drugs.
  • Quick at ( চটপটে ) He is quick at figures.
  • Engaged to ( বাগদত্ত ) Lila was engaged to him.

Idioms:

  • A bed of roses ( সুখ-স্বাচ্ছন্দ্যপূর্ণ জীবন ) Many people think that life is a bed of roses
  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.
  • To the letter ( অক্ষরে অক্ষরে ) He followed my advice to the letter.
  • Turn a deaf ear to ( মনোযোগ না দেওয়া ) He turned a deaf ear to my proposal.
  • have ones eyes ( কারও হাতে বিস্তর কাজ থাকা )
  • In vogue ( চালু ) This custom is not in vogue now.