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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Respond to ( উত্তর দেওয়া ) Nobody responded to my call.
  • Impose on ( চাপানো ) The task was imposed on him.
  • Mourn for ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn for the dead.
  • Divide among ( ভাগ করা (দুইয়ের অধিক) ) Divide the mangoes among the boys.
  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.
  • Opposite to ( বিপরীত ) Your idea is opposite to mine.

Idioms:

  • Build castles in the air ( আকাশ কুসুম চিন্তা করা ) Don't idle away your time in building castles in the air.
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.
  • Above all ( প্রধানত ; সর্বোপরি ) We should be kind, polite, and above all honest.
  • In lieu of ( পরিবর্তে ) Give me this pen in lieu of that.
  • From hand to mouth ( দিন আনে দিন খায় ) The poor man lives form hand to mouth.
  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.