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Appropriate Preposition:
- Limited to ( সীমাবদ্ধ ) Invitation was limited to members only.
- Plead for ( ওকালতি করা (কোনকিছু) ) I pleaded with him for justice (against the wrong done to me).
- Abound in ( প্রচুর পরিমাণে থাকা ) Fish abounds in this river.
- Obsessed with ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is obsessed with the idea.
- Brood on (over) ( মন খারাপ করা ) Do not brood over your misfortune.
- Exempt from ( রেহাই দেওয়া ) He was exempted from the fine.
Idioms:
- blue blood ( অভিজাত বংশের রক্ত বহনকারী )
- A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
- Slow coach ( অলস প্রকৃতির লোক ) You cannot expect much from a slow coach like him.
- Square meal ( পেট ভরা আহার ) He is too poor to have a square meal every day.
- Book worm ( গ্রন্থকীট ) Don't be a book worm.
- Fish in a troubled water ( এলোমোলো অবস্থায় সুযোগ নেওয়া ) He made a lot of money by fishing in a troubled water.