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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.
  • Prompt in ( চটপটে (উত্তর) ) He is prompt in his answer.
  • Comment on ( মন্তব্য করা ) He commented favorably on the point.
  • Fatal to ( মারাত্মক ) he doctor's mistake proved fatal to his life.
  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.
  • Preferable to ( অধিক পছন্দযোগ্য ) Death is preferable to dishonor.

Idioms:

  • Now and then ( মাঝে মাঝে ) He comes here now and then.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • In lieu of ( পরিবর্তে ) Give me this pen in lieu of that.
  • Out of sorts ( ঈষৎ অসুস্থ ) He is out of sorts now.
  • Call to mind ( স্মরণ করা ) I cannot call to mind your name.
  • Come to light ( প্রকাশিত হওয়া ) Their private talk has come to light at last.