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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Similar to ( সদৃশ ) This pen is similar to that.
  • Senior to ( বয়সে বড়, উচ্চপদস্থ ) He is senior to me by four years.
  • Essential to ( অত্যাবশ্যক ) Food is essential to health.
  • Differ with ( ভিন্ন মত হওয়া (ব্যক্তি) ) I differ with you on this point.
  • Despair of ( নিরাশ হওয়া ) Do not despair of success.
  • Callous to ( উদাসীন ) He is callous to my suffering.

Idioms:

  • In order to ( উদ্দেশ্য ) He came here in order to meet my mother.
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.
  • Hold good ( প্রযুক্ত হওয়া ) This ruls will not hold good here.
  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.
  • All but ( প্রায় ) The poor villagers are all but ruined.