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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Engaged with ( নিযুক্ত (ব্যক্তি) ) I was engaged with him in talk.
  • Wish for ( আকাঙ্খা করা ) I do not wish for name and fame.
  • Useful to ( প্রয়োজনীয় (ব্যক্তি) ) This book is useful to us for examination.
  • Complain against ( অভিযোগ করা (অন্য ব্যক্তি) ) The complained to the Director against the Manager about her behavior.
  • Pass for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) He passes for a clever man.
  • Triumph over ( জয় করা ) Jim and Della triumphed over their poverty.

Idioms:

  • To the letter ( অক্ষরে অক্ষরে ) He followed my advice to the letter.
  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.
  • Take to heart ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) He took his remark to heart.
  • have a bad time ( দুশ্চিন্তায় কাল কাটানো ; দুঃসময়ে পড়া )
  • Fish in a troubled water ( এলোমোলো অবস্থায় সুযোগ নেওয়া ) He made a lot of money by fishing in a troubled water.
  • In lieu of ( পরিবর্তে ) Give me this pen in lieu of that.