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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Respect of ( সম্বন্ধে ) He is junior to me in respect of service.
  • Similar to ( সদৃশ ) This pen is similar to that.
  • Contrary to ( বিপরীত ) His action is contrary to his words.
  • Capacity for ( যোগ্যতা ) He has a capacity for hard work.
  • Depend on ( নির্ভর করা ) Success depends on hard work.
  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.

Idioms:

  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • At all ( আদৌ ) He does not know French at all.
  • Apple of discord ( বিবাদেয় বিষয় ) The paternal property has become an apple of discord between the two brothers.
  • Bed of roses ( আরামদায়ক অবস্থা ) Life is not a bed of roses.
  • In lieu of ( পরিবর্তে ) Give me this pen in lieu of that.
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.