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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Resign to ( আত্মসমর্পন করা (স্বয়ং) ) I resigned myself to fate
  • Parallel to ( সমান্তরাল ) This line is parallel to that.
  • Pleased with ( সন্তুষ্ট ) I am pleased with him.
  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.
  • Marry to ( বিবাহ দেওয়া ) He married his daughter to a rich man.
  • Attend to ( মনোযোগ দেওয়া ) Attend to your lesson.

Idioms:

  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.
  • Above board ( সংশয়হীন ভাবে নির্দোষ ) His activities are open and above board.
  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.
  • Fish in a troubled water ( এলোমোলো অবস্থায় সুযোগ নেওয়া ) He made a lot of money by fishing in a troubled water.
  • be in ones bad books ( কারও অপ্রিয় হওয়া )
  • by dint of ( ফলে (সাধারণত বল প্রয়োগের ফলে) )