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View all ›Appropriate Preposition:
- Preferable to ( অধিক পছন্দযোগ্য ) Death is preferable to dishonor.
- Tell upon ( ক্ষতি করা ) Over-eating tells upon health.
- Attend upon ( সেবা করা ) She attends upon her mother.
- Live by ( কোন উপায়ে বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives by honest means.
- Remedy for ( প্রতিকার ) There is no remedy for this disease.
- Opportunity for ( সুযোগ ) I have no opportunity for (of) doing the work.
Idioms:
- On the whole ( মোটের উপর ) On the whole, his conduct is good.
- Maiden speech ( প্রথম বক্তৃতা ) His maiden speech fell flat on the audience.
- Hard and fast ( বাঁধা ধরা ) There is no such hard and fast rule in this matter.
- All but ( প্রায় ) The poor villagers are all but ruined.
- Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
- Gift of the gab ( বাককটুতা ) An advocate should have the gift of the gab.