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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Overcome by ( দমন করা ) He was overcome by anger.
  • Clue to ( সূত্র ) Find out the clue to the mystery.
  • Occupied in ( নিয়োজিত ) He is occupied in writing a letter.
  • Inferior to ( নিকৃষ্ট ; হীন ) He is inferior to his neighbour.
  • Plead for ( ওকালতি করা (কোনকিছু) ) I pleaded with him for justice (against the wrong done to me).
  • Prior to ( পূর্বে ) Prior to that, he was in a wretched condition.

Idioms:

  • a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.
  • a rotten apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few rotten apples.
  • At a low ebb ( নিম্নমুখী ) His fame is at a low ebb now.
  • Black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) He is a black sheep in his family.
  • Fish in a troubled water ( এলোমোলো অবস্থায় সুযোগ নেওয়া ) He made a lot of money by fishing in a troubled water.
  • to the bad ( মন্দাবস্থায় ; ঘাটতি অবস্থায় )