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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.
  • Replace with another ( পরিবর্তন করা (একটি জিনিস) ) Replace this chair with new one.
  • Familiar with ( সুপরিচিত ) He is familiar with my brother.
  • Addicted to ( আসক্ত ) He is addicted to separate.
  • Pass for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) He passes for a clever man.
  • Slow of ( ধীর ) He is slow of speech. He is slow at figures. He is slow in writing.

Idioms:

  • In lieu of ( পরিবর্তে ) Give me this pen in lieu of that.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • loose cannon ( অপ্রত্যাশিত ) He is a bit of a loose cannon.
  • to the bad ( মন্দাবস্থায় ; ঘাটতি অবস্থায় )
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.
  • On the whole ( মোটের উপর ) On the whole, his conduct is good.