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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Live on ( খেয়ে বাঁচা ) The cow lives on grass.
  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.
  • Late in ( দেরি ) Why are you so late in coming?
  • Deaf to ( শুনতে অনিচ্ছুক ) He is deaf to my request.
  • End in ( শেষ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.
  • Compete for ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন কিছু) ) He competed for the first position.

Idioms:

  • In lieu of ( পরিবর্তে ) Give me this pen in lieu of that.
  • A bed of roses ( সুখ-স্বাচ্ছন্দ্যপূর্ণ জীবন ) Many people think that life is a bed of roses
  • To the contrary ( কাহারও বক্তব্যের বিপক্ষে ) In the court he said nothing to the contrary.
  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.
  • In cold blood ( ঠান্ডা মাথায় ) They committed this murder in cold blood.
  • Slow coach ( অলস প্রকৃতির লোক ) You cannot expect much from a slow coach like him.