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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Preferable to ( অধিক পছন্দযোগ্য ) Death is preferable to dishonor.
  • Agree with ( একমত হওয়া (ব্যক্তি) ) I agree with you on this point
  • Excuse for ( অব্যাহতি দেওয়া ) He will not be excused for coming late.
  • Partial to ( পক্ষপাত দুষ্ট ) He is partial to his son.
  • Mourn over ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn over the dead.
  • Engaged in ( নিযুক্ত (কাজে) ) I was engaged with him in talk.

Idioms:

  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.
  • At least ( অন্ততঃ ) At least one hundred boys will come to school today.
  • Achilles heel ( দুর্বলতা বা ত্রুটি ) He is trying to hide but everybody knows his achilles' heel
  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.
  • A bed of roses ( সুখ-স্বাচ্ছন্দ্যপূর্ণ জীবন ) Many people think that life is a bed of roses
  • Tooth and nail ( তীব্রভাবে ) He fought tooth and nail against his enemy.