"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.
  • Laugh at ( বিদ্রুপ করা ) Do not taught at the poor.
  • Talk of ( কথা বলা (কোন জিনিস) ) I am talking to (with) Mr. Roy of (about, over) the matter.
  • Lament for ( বিলাপ করা ) She lamented for her child.
  • Certain of ( নিশ্চিত ) He is now certain of his ground.
  • Wanting in ( বিহীন ) He is wanting in common sense.

Idioms:

  • Fish in a troubled water ( এলোমোলো অবস্থায় সুযোগ নেওয়া ) He made a lot of money by fishing in a troubled water.
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • Out of sorts ( ঈষৎ অসুস্থ ) He is out of sorts now.
  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.
  • At one’s own sweet will ( খুশি মতো ) He still does it at his own sweet will.
  • have ones eyes ( কারও হাতে বিস্তর কাজ থাকা )