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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Opposite to ( বিপরীত ) Your idea is opposite to mine.
  • Kind of ( প্রকার ) What kind of paper is it?
  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.
  • Conscious of ( সচেতন ) He is conscious of his weakness.
  • Complain to ( অভিযোগ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) The complained to the Director against the Manager about her behavior.
  • Engaged in ( নিযুক্ত (কাজে) ) I was engaged with him in talk.

Idioms:

  • Lion's share ( সিংহভাগ ) He took the lion's share of the profit.
  • In lieu of ( পরিবর্তে ) Give me this pen in lieu of that.
  • Bird of a feather ( এক রকম স্বভাবের লোক ) Birds of a feather flock together.
  • In one's teens ( তের থেকে উনিশ বছর বয়সের মধ্যে ) She is yet in her teens.
  • By chance ( দৈবাৎ ) I met him on the way by chance.
  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.