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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Comply with ( মেনে নেওয়া ) I shall comply with your request.
  • Depend on ( নির্ভর করা ) Success depends on hard work.
  • Polite in ( নম্র ) He is polite in his manners. (Polite to strangers).
  • Allot to ( বিলি করা ) One room has been allotted to him.
  • Argue with ( যূক্তি দেখানো (ব্যক্তি) ) I argued with him for the point.
  • Lack of ( অভাব ) I have no lack of friends.

Idioms:

  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • In vain ( বৃথা ) All his attempts were in vain.
  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.
  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather
  • Now and then ( মাঝে মাঝে ) He comes here now and then.
  • At arm’s length ( দূরে ) Try to keep the bad boy at arm’s length.