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Appropriate Preposition:
- Quarrel with ( কলহ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) They quarreled with one another for the property.
- Add to ( যোগ করা ) Add this to that.
- Wait on ( সেবা করা ) The nurse waited on the patient.
- Care of ( যত্ন নেওয়া ) Take care of your health.
- Smile on ( অনুগ্রহ করা ) Fortune smiled on him.
- Opposite to ( বিপরীত ) Your idea is opposite to mine.
Idioms:
- Out of date ( অপ্রচলিত ) This fashion is now out of date.
- Make both ends meet ( আয়ব্যয় মেলানো ) I cannot make both ends meet with my small income.
- In vain ( বৃথা ) All his attempts were in vain.
- have ones eyes ( কারও হাতে বিস্তর কাজ থাকা )
- Gift of the gab ( বাককটুতা ) An advocate should have the gift of the gab.
- To the contrary ( কাহারও বক্তব্যের বিপক্ষে ) In the court he said nothing to the contrary.