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Appropriate Preposition:
- Afraid of ( ভীত ) I am not afraid of ghosts.
- Eager for ( আগ্রহী ) He is eager for promotion in service.
- Lay by ( সঞ্চয় করা ) Lay by something for the old age.
- Aim at ( লক্ষ্য করা ) He aimed his gun at he bird.
- Prevent from ( বারণ করা ; প্রতিরোধ করা ) I prevented him from going there.
- Equal to ( সমতুল্য (কাজ) ) He rose equal to the occasion.
Idioms:
- At large ( স্বাধীন ) The anti-socials are still at large.
- Moot point ( অমীমাংসিত বিষয় ) Dowry system is still a moot point in Bangladesh.
- At arm’s length ( দূরে ) Try to keep the bad boy at arm’s length.
- a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.
- To the contrary ( কাহারও বক্তব্যের বিপক্ষে ) In the court he said nothing to the contrary.
- Come off with flying colours ( জয়লাভ করা ) Our School team came off with flying colours.