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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Superior to ( উৎকৃষ্টতর ) This type of rice is superior to that.
  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.
  • Contribute to ( দান হিসাবে দেওয়া ) He contributed one thousand taka to the Flood Relief Fund.
  • Offended with ( বিরক্ত (ব্যক্তি) ) I am offended with you at your conduct.
  • Escape from ( পলায়ন করা ) The prisoner escaped from the jail.
  • Add to ( যোগ করা ) Add this to that.

Idioms:

  • Tooth and nail ( তীব্রভাবে ) He fought tooth and nail against his enemy.
  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • by dint of ( ফলে (সাধারণত বল প্রয়োগের ফলে) )
  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.
  • harp on the same string ( এক কথা বারবার বলা )