"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.
  • Displeased at ( অসন্তুষ্ট ) I am displeased with him at his conduct.
  • in favour of ( পক্ষে ) He spoke in favour of his friend.
  • Confident to ( আবদ্ধ (শয্যা) ) He is confined to bed.
  • Pity for ( করুণা ) Have pity for the poor.
  • Sentence to ( দন্ডাদেশ দেওয়া ) He was sentenced to death for murder.

Idioms:

  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.
  • In force ( বলবৎ ) This law is in force now.
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.
  • harp on the same string ( এক কথা বারবার বলা )
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Carry the day ( জয়লাভ করা ) Rajib, the best player of the school, carried the day in the annual sports.