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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Charge on or against ( অভিযোগ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) Theft was charged on (against) him.
  • Difference between ( পার্থক্য ) There is no difference between the two brothers.
  • Alternative to ( বিকল্প ) This question is alternative to that.
  • Respect of ( সম্বন্ধে ) He is junior to me in respect of service.
  • Adjacent to ( সংলগ্ন ) Her college is adjacent to her house.
  • Desire for ( ইচ্ছা ) He has no desire for fame.

Idioms:

  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • In fine ( পরিশেষ ) In fine he declared his plan.
  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.
  • Of course ( অবশ্যই ) Of course, you know what that means
  • to the bad ( মন্দাবস্থায় ; ঘাটতি অবস্থায় )
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.