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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Yield to ( আত্মসমর্পণ করা ) He Yielded to his enemy.
  • Beware of ( সতর্ক হওয়া ) Beware of pick-pockets.
  • Plead for ( ওকালতি করা (কোনকিছু) ) I pleaded with him for justice (against the wrong done to me).
  • Argue for ( যূক্তি দেখানো (কোন কিছু) ) I argued with him for the point.
  • Wait for ( অপেক্ষা করা ) I waited for him for two hours.
  • Abound in ( প্রচুর পরিমাণে থাকা ) Fish abounds in this river.

Idioms:

  • Bad blood ( মনোমালিন্য ; শত্রতা ; দ্বেষ ) Now there is bad blood between the two brothers.
  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.
  • Above board ( সংশয়হীন ভাবে নির্দোষ ) His activities are open and above board.
  • Chip of the old block ( বাপকা বেটা ) He is a chip of the old black.