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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Opposite to ( বিপরীত ) Your idea is opposite to mine.
  • Plead for ( ওকালতি করা (কোনকিছু) ) I pleaded with him for justice (against the wrong done to me).
  • Slow of ( ধীর ) He is slow of speech. He is slow at figures. He is slow in writing.
  • Alternative to ( বিকল্প ) This question is alternative to that.
  • Deprived of ( বঞ্চিত ) He was deprived of his property.
  • Rely on ( নির্ভর করা ) You can rely on him.

Idioms:

  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.
  • by dint of ( ফলে (সাধারণত বল প্রয়োগের ফলে) )
  • Square meal ( পেট ভরা আহার ) He is too poor to have a square meal every day.
  • Cats and dogs ( মূষল ধারে ) It was raining cats and dogs.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • In lieu of ( পরিবর্তে ) Give me this pen in lieu of that.