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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Deal in ( ব্যবসা করা ) He deals in rice.
  • Equal to ( সমতুল্য (কাজ) ) He rose equal to the occasion.
  • Destined to ( ভাগ্য নির্দিষ্ট ) He was destined to death.
  • Angry with ( রাগান্বিত (ব্যক্তি) ) He is angry with me for speaking against him.
  • Justice to ( ন্যায় বিচার ) We should do justice to everybody.
  • Deprived of ( বঞ্চিত ) He was deprived of his property.

Idioms:

  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • Hush money ( ঘুষ ) He offered a hush money to suppress the murder.
  • In lieu of ( পরিবর্তে ) Give me this pen in lieu of that.
  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • Square meal ( পেট ভরা আহার ) He is too poor to have a square meal every day.