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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Allot to ( বিলি করা ) One room has been allotted to him.
  • Part from ( বিচ্ছিন্ন হওয়া (ব্যক্তি) ) He parted form his friend.
  • Escape by ( রক্ষা করা ) He escaped by a hair breadth.
  • Useful to ( প্রয়োজনীয় (ব্যক্তি) ) This book is useful to us for examination.
  • Anxious for ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is anxious for getting a job.
  • in favour of ( পক্ষে ) He spoke in favour of his friend.

Idioms:

  • By far ( সর্বাংশে ) He is by far the best boy in the class.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • At all events ( যাই ঘটুক সব ক্ষেত্রেই ) I shall stand by him at all events.
  • be in ones bad books ( কারও অপ্রিয় হওয়া )
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • Bird of a feather ( এক রকম স্বভাবের লোক ) Birds of a feather flock together.