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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Rest upon ( নির্ভর করা ; বিশ্বাসস্থাপন করা ) I rest upon your promise.
  • Vary from ( আলাদা হওয়া ) His opinion varies from his brother's.
  • Disgusted with ( বিরক্ত ) I am disgusted with him at his conduct.
  • Abound in ( প্রচুর পরিমাণে থাকা ) Fish abounds in this river.
  • Come of ( জন্মগ্রহণ করা ) He comes of a noble family.
  • Engaged in ( নিযুক্ত (কাজে) ) I was engaged with him in talk.

Idioms:

  • To the letter ( অক্ষরে অক্ষরে ) He followed my advice to the letter.
  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )
  • feather ones nest ( কাজ গুছিয়ে নেওয়া )
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.