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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Part from ( বিচ্ছিন্ন হওয়া (ব্যক্তি) ) He parted form his friend.
  • Enquire into ( অনুসন্ধান করা (কোন ব্যপার) ) He enquired of me into the matter.
  • Suffer from ( কষ্ট পাওয়া ) He is suffering from fever.
  • Divide between ( ভাগ করা (দুটি বা দুজন) ) Divide the apple between Raqib and Shafique.
  • Agree to ( একমত হওয়া (প্রস্তাব) ) I can't agree to the proposals.
  • Tolerant of ( সহিষ্ণু ) We must be tolerant of opposition.

Idioms:

  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • At arm’s length ( দূরে ) Try to keep the bad boy at arm’s length.
  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.
  • All on a sudden ( হঠাৎ ) All on a sudden a tiger came out of the bush.