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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Deal in ( ব্যবসা করা ) He deals in rice.
  • Quick of ( চটপটে ) He is quick of understanding.
  • Tide over ( অতিক্রম করা ) He will soon tide over the difficulty.
  • Feel for ( সহানুভূতি অনুভব করা ) I feel for you in your trouble.
  • Smell of ( গন্ধ দেয় ) This glass smells of wine.
  • Pleased with ( সন্তুষ্ট ) I am pleased with him.

Idioms:

  • In lieu of ( পরিবর্তে ) Give me this pen in lieu of that.
  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.
  • Hard and fast ( বাঁধা ধরা ) There is no such hard and fast rule in this matter.
  • Apple of discord ( বিবাদেয় বিষয় ) The paternal property has become an apple of discord between the two brothers.
  • On the spur of the moment ( মুহুর্তের উত্তেজনায় ) He did it on the spur of the moment.
  • Pros and cons ( খুঁটিনাটি ) You should consider the Pros and cons of the system.