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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Preferable to ( অধিক পছন্দযোগ্য ) Death is preferable to dishonor.
  • Anxious for ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is anxious for getting a job.
  • Avail of ( সুযোগ গ্রহণ করা ) You must avail yourself of the business.
  • Favourable for ( অনুকূল (কোনকিছু) ) This situation is favorable to me for doing this.
  • Supply with ( যোগান দেওয়া (কোন জিনিস) ) He supplied us with food.
  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.

Idioms:

  • Out of sorts ( ঈষৎ অসুস্থ ) He is out of sorts now.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • At least ( অন্ততঃ ) At least one hundred boys will come to school today.
  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )
  • All but ( প্রায় ) The poor villagers are all but ruined.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.