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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Escape by ( রক্ষা করা ) He escaped by a hair breadth.
  • Accompanied with ( একসঙ্গে ঘটা ) He has fever accompanied with headache.
  • Triumph over ( জয় করা ) Jim and Della triumphed over their poverty.
  • Due to ( কারণে ) His absence is due to illness.
  • Prone to ( ঝোঁক আছে এমন ) He is prone to idleness.
  • Enquire into ( অনুসন্ধান করা (কোন ব্যপার) ) He enquired of me into the matter.

Idioms:

  • Bone of contention ( বিবাদের বিষয় ) The paternal property is the bone of contention between the two brothers.
  • To the contrary ( কাহারও বক্তব্যের বিপক্ষে ) In the court he said nothing to the contrary.
  • By no means ( কোন ভাবেই না ) I shall by no means call on him.
  • the exact point ( কাঁটায়-কাঁটায় )
  • After all ( সবকিছু সত্ত্বেও ) After all, he is a patriot.
  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.