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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Excuse for ( অব্যাহতি দেওয়া ) He will not be excused for coming late.
  • Overcome by ( দমন করা ) He was overcome by anger.
  • Respect of ( সম্বন্ধে ) He is junior to me in respect of service.
  • Parallel to ( সমান্তরাল ) This line is parallel to that.
  • Indifferent to ( উদাসীন ) He is indifferent to our problem.
  • Weary of ( ক্লান্ত ) He is weary of hard life.

Idioms:

  • Die in harness ( কর্মরত অবস্থায় মারা যাওয়া ) Dr. Sen died in harness.
  • be bad at ( দক্ষ না হওয়া )
  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • At all events ( যাই ঘটুক সব ক্ষেত্রেই ) I shall stand by him at all events.
  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.