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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Wait for ( অপেক্ষা করা ) I waited for him for two hours.
  • Triumph over ( জয় করা ) Jim and Della triumphed over their poverty.
  • Contrary to ( বিপরীত ) His action is contrary to his words.
  • Differ from ( ভিন্নরূপ হওয়া ) This thing differs from that.
  • Live within ( বাঁচা ) He live within his means
  • Respect to ( সম্বন্ধে ) We are talking with respect to that matter.

Idioms:

  • Flesh and blood ( রক্তমাংসের শরীর ) Flesh and blood cannot bear with such insults.
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )
  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.
  • Gift of the gab ( বাককটুতা ) An advocate should have the gift of the gab.
  • After all ( সবকিছু সত্ত্বেও ) After all, he is a patriot.