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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Officiate for ( পরিবর্তে কাজ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He officiated for me in that post.
  • Superior to ( উৎকৃষ্টতর ) This type of rice is superior to that.
  • Polite in ( নম্র ) He is polite in his manners. (Polite to strangers).
  • Charge on or against ( অভিযোগ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) Theft was charged on (against) him.
  • Inquire of ( অনুসন্ধান করা (ব্যক্তি) ) I inquired of him about the matter.
  • Contrary to ( বিপরীত ) His action is contrary to his words.

Idioms:

  • word of no implication ( কথার কথা )
  • In one's teens ( তের থেকে উনিশ বছর বয়সের মধ্যে ) She is yet in her teens.
  • Fish in a troubled water ( এলোমোলো অবস্থায় সুযোগ নেওয়া ) He made a lot of money by fishing in a troubled water.
  • be bad at ( দক্ষ না হওয়া )
  • be on ones back ( একেবারে কুপোকাত )
  • On the spur of the moment ( মুহুর্তের উত্তেজনায় ) He did it on the spur of the moment.