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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Plead with ( ওকালতি করা (ব্যক্তি) ) I pleaded with him for justice.
  • Differ in ( ভিন্ন মত হওয়া (মতামত) ) They differ in their opinions.
  • Restore to ( ফিরিয়ে দেওয়া ) Restore his property to him.
  • Vain of ( অহঙ্কারী ) She is vain of her beauty.
  • Ashamed of ( লজ্জিত ) He is not ashamed of his conduct.
  • Admit to ( ভর্তি করা ) Khadil was admitted to university.

Idioms:

  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.
  • Red tape ( লাল ফিতার বাঁধন ; আমলাতান্ত্রিকতা ) Red tapism causes delay in official work.
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.
  • Lion's share ( সিংহভাগ ) He took the lion's share of the profit.
  • At once back and call ( বাধ্য ) He is always at my back and call.