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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Preside over ( সভাপতিত্ব করা ) He presided over the meeting.
  • Compare to ( তুলনা করা (অসদৃশ বস্তু) ) Anger is compared to fire.
  • Dull at ( কাঁচা ) He is dull at Physics.
  • Useful for ( প্রয়োজনীয় (উদ্দেশ্য) ) This book is useful to us for examination.
  • Exempt from ( রেহাই দেওয়া ) He was exempted from the fine.
  • Prefer to ( অধিক পছন্দ করা ) I prefer coffee to tea.

Idioms:

  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.
  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.
  • Carry the day ( জয়লাভ করা ) Rajib, the best player of the school, carried the day in the annual sports.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • Out of date ( অপ্রচলিত ) This fashion is now out of date.
  • Make both ends meet ( আয়ব্যয় মেলানো ) I cannot make both ends meet with my small income.