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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Ashamed for ( লজ্জিত ) I feel ashamed for you.
  • Die in ( মারা যাওয়া (শান্তি) ) Let me die in peace.
  • Quick of ( চটপটে ) He is quick of understanding.
  • Heir to ( উত্তরাধিকারী (সম্পত্তি) ) He is the heir to his uncle’s property.
  • Officiate in ( পরিবর্তে কাজ করা (পদ) ) He officiated for me in that post.
  • Prevent from ( বারণ করা ; প্রতিরোধ করা ) I prevented him from going there.‌

Idioms:

  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.
  • To the contrary ( কাহারও বক্তব্যের বিপক্ষে ) In the court he said nothing to the contrary.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • On the spur of the moment ( মুহুর্তের উত্তেজনায় ) He did it on the spur of the moment.
  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.
  • Gift of the gab ( বাককটুতা ) An advocate should have the gift of the gab.