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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Congratulate on ( অভিনন্দিত করা ) I congratulate you on your success.
  • Require of ( প্রয়োজন হওয়া (কোন কিছু) ) I required a loan of him.
  • Quarrel with ( কলহ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) They quarreled with one another for the property.
  • Polite in ( নম্র ) He is polite in his manners. (Polite to strangers).
  • Contrary to ( বিপরীত ) His action is contrary to his words.
  • Senior to ( বয়সে বড়, উচ্চপদস্থ ) He is senior to me by four years.

Idioms:

  • A slow coach ( কর্মকুণ্ঠ ও মন্থর ব্যাক্তি ) Roky is known as a slow coach to his friend circle.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • By hook or by crook ( যে কোন উপায়ে ) You must do this work by hook or by crook.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • a rotten apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few rotten apples.
  • Cats and dogs ( মূষল ধারে ) It was raining cats and dogs.