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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Conscious of ( সচেতন ) He is conscious of his weakness.
  • Resign to ( আত্মসমর্পন করা (স্বয়ং) ) I resigned myself to fate
  • Attend upon ( সেবা করা ) She attends upon her mother.
  • Quarrel for ( কলহ করা (কোনকিছু) ) They quarreled with one another for the property.
  • Pride on ( গর্ব করা ) He prides himself on his high birth.
  • Tell upon ( ক্ষতি করা ) Over-eating tells upon health.

Idioms:

  • In lieu of ( পরিবর্তে ) Give me this pen in lieu of that.
  • to the bad ( মন্দাবস্থায় ; ঘাটতি অবস্থায় )
  • Come off with flying colours ( জয়লাভ করা ) Our School team came off with flying colours.
  • reinvent the wheel ( এমন কোনকিছু তৈরিতে সময় নষ্ট করা যা বর্তমানে বিদ্যমান ও ঠিকঠাক কাজ করে ) There's no point in us reinventing the wheel
  • breathe out ( নিঃশ্বাস ত্যাগ করা ) At last, he breathed his last breath out, and that was the end.
  • By no means ( কোন ভাবেই না ) I shall by no means call on him.