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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Complain against ( অভিযোগ করা (অন্য ব্যক্তি) ) The complained to the Director against the Manager about her behavior.
  • Restore to ( ফিরিয়ে দেওয়া ) Restore his property to him.
  • Grateful to ( কৃতজ্ঞ (ব্যক্তি) ) I am grateful to you for your help.
  • Quarrel over ( কলহ করা (কোনকিছু) ) They quarreled with one another over the property.
  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.
  • Polite in ( নম্র ) He is polite in his manners. (Polite to strangers).

Idioms:

  • Hush money ( ঘুষ ) He offered a hush money to suppress the murder.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.
  • 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.
  • Chip of the old block ( বাপকা বেটা ) He is a chip of the old black.
  • In lieu of ( পরিবর্তে ) Give me this pen in lieu of that.