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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Arrive at ( পৌঁছানো ) We arrived at the station in time.
  • Envy of ( ঈর্ষা ) I have no envy of him.
  • Respect of ( সম্বন্ধে ) He is junior to me in respect of service.
  • Parallel to ( সমান্তরাল ) This line is parallel to that.
  • Trust to ( বিশ্বাস করা (ব্যক্তি) ) You may trust the work to me.
  • Diffident of ( সন্দিগ্ধ ) I am diffident of success.

Idioms:

  • In lieu of ( পরিবর্তে ) Give me this pen in lieu of that.
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.
  • Round the clock ( সমস্ত দিন ) He is working round the clock.
  • In cold blood ( ঠান্ডা মাথায় ) They committed this murder in cold blood.