"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.
  • Distinguish between ( প্রভেদ করা ) Distinguish between a phrase and a clause.
  • Warn of ( সতর্ক করা ) He warned me of the danger.
  • Resign to ( আত্মসমর্পন করা (স্বয়ং) ) I resigned myself to fate
  • Afraid of ( ভীত ) I am not afraid of ghosts.
  • Argue against ( যূক্তি দেখানো (কোন কিছু) ) I argued with him against the point.

Idioms:

  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.
  • a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.
  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.
  • Call in question ( সন্দেহ করা ) No one can call his honesty in question.
  • In vogue ( চালু ) This custom is not in vogue now.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.