"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.
  • Allot to ( বিলি করা ) One room has been allotted to him.
  • Ill with ( অসুস্থ ) He is ill with fever.
  • Respect to ( সম্বন্ধে ) We are talking with respect to that matter.
  • Zealous for ( আগ্রহী ) He is zealous for improvement.
  • Remedy for ( প্রতিকার ) There is no remedy for this disease.

Idioms:

  • Bad blood ( মনোমালিন্য ; শত্রতা ; দ্বেষ ) Now there is bad blood between the two brothers.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.
  • Book worm ( গ্রন্থকীট ) Don't be a book worm.
  • Set free ( মুক্ত করা ) The prisoners were set free.