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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Yield to ( আত্মসমর্পণ করা ) He Yielded to his enemy.
  • Prone to ( ঝোঁক আছে এমন ) He is prone to idleness.
  • Abound in ( প্রচুর পরিমাণে থাকা ) Fish abounds in this river.
  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.
  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.
  • Offend against ( লঙ্গন করা ) You have offended against good manners.

Idioms:

  • At a low ebb ( নিম্নমুখী ) His fame is at a low ebb now.
  • In lieu of ( পরিবর্তে ) Give me this pen in lieu of that.
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.
  • Sink in ( আবদ্ধ হওয়া, ডুবে যাওয়া ) He sank in mud or the ship sank into the sea.
  • pulling your leg ( কৌতক করা ) Do not take it seriously, i was just pulling you leg