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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.
  • Restore to ( ফিরিয়ে দেওয়া ) Restore his property to him.
  • Feel for ( সহানুভূতি অনুভব করা ) I feel for you in your trouble.
  • Live by ( কোন উপায়ে বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives by honest means.
  • Due to ( কারণে ) His absence is due to illness.
  • Restrict to ( সীমাবব্ধ করা ) Admission was restricted to students.

Idioms:

  • By hook or by crook ( যে কোন উপায়ে ) You must do this work by hook or by crook.
  • After all ( সবকিছু সত্ত্বেও ) After all, he is a patriot.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • Bone of contention ( বিবাদের বিষয় ) The paternal property is the bone of contention between the two brothers.
  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.