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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Wait for ( অপেক্ষা করা ) I waited for him for two hours.
  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.
  • Equal to ( সমতুল্য (কাজ) ) He rose equal to the occasion.
  • Justice to ( ন্যায় বিচার ) We should do justice to everybody.
  • Accompanied by ( সঙ্গী হওয়া ) He was accompanied by his father.
  • Plead for ( ওকালতি করা (কোনকিছু) ) I pleaded with him for justice (against the wrong done to me).

Idioms:

  • In cold blood ( ঠান্ডা মাথায় ) They committed this murder in cold blood.
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • To the contrary ( কাহারও বক্তব্যের বিপক্ষে ) In the court he said nothing to the contrary.
  • In lieu of ( পরিবর্তে ) Give me this pen in lieu of that.
  • pulling your leg ( কৌতক করা ) Do not take it seriously, i was just pulling you leg
  • vile sycophant ( খঁয়ের খা )