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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Admit of ( স্বীকৃতি পাওয়া ) Your conduct admits of no excuse.
  • Contrary to ( বিপরীত ) His action is contrary to his words.
  • Parallel to ( সমান্তরাল ) This line is parallel to that.
  • Fond of ( অনুরাগী ) Children are fond of sweets.
  • Deaf to ( শুনতে অনিচ্ছুক ) He is deaf to my request.
  • Consist of ( গঠিত হওয়া ) This class consists of fifty boys and thirty girls.

Idioms:

  • Above board ( সংশয়হীন ভাবে নির্দোষ ) His activities are open and above board.
  • To the contrary ( কাহারও বক্তব্যের বিপক্ষে ) In the court he said nothing to the contrary.
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.