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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.
  • Resign to ( আত্মসমর্পন করা (স্বয়ং) ) I resigned myself to fate
  • Plead for ( ওকালতি করা (কোনকিছু) ) I pleaded with him for justice (against the wrong done to me).
  • Kind of ( প্রকার ) What kind of paper is it?
  • Dull at ( কাঁচা ) He is dull at Physics.
  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.

Idioms:

  • As usual ( যথারীতি ) He is late as usual.
  • In force ( বলবৎ ) This law is in force now.
  • Nip in the bud ( অঙ্কুরে বিনষ্ট করা ) All his hopes were nipped in the bud.
  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • Cats and dogs ( মূষল ধারে ) It was raining cats and dogs.
  • be in ones bad books ( কারও অপ্রিয় হওয়া )