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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Due to ( কারণে ) His absence is due to illness.
  • Hanker after ( লালায়িত হওয়া ) Do not hanker after wealth.
  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.
  • Argue against ( যূক্তি দেখানো (কোন কিছু) ) I argued with him against the point.
  • Live by ( কোন উপায়ে বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives by honest means.
  • Differ on ( ভিন্ন মত হওয়া (ব্যপার) ) I differ with you on this point.

Idioms:

  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Bring to light ( প্রকাশ করা ) At last all the facts were brought to light.
  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.
  • At all ( আদৌ ) He does not know French at all.
  • by dint of ( ফলে (সাধারণত বল প্রয়োগের ফলে) )
  • Turn a deaf ear to ( মনোযোগ না দেওয়া ) He turned a deaf ear to my proposal.