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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Overcome with ( দমন করা ) He was overcome with fatigue.
  • Want of ( অভাব ) We have no want of money.
  • Triumph over ( জয় করা ) Jim and Della triumphed over their poverty.
  • Count for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) His advice counts for nothing.
  • False to ( মিথ্যাবাদী ) I cannot be false to my friend.
  • Due to ( কারণে ) His absence is due to illness.

Idioms:

  • Slow coach ( অলস প্রকৃতির লোক ) You cannot expect much from a slow coach like him.
  • By hook or by crook ( যে কোন উপায়ে ) You must do this work by hook or by crook.
  • Lion's share ( সিংহভাগ ) He took the lion's share of the profit.
  • Moot point ( অমীমাংসিত বিষয় ) Dowry system is still a moot point in Bangladesh.
  • host in himself ( একাই একশ )
  • In order to ( উদ্দেশ্য ) He came here in order to meet my mother.