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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Quick of ( চটপটে ) He is quick of understanding.
  • Want of ( অভাব ) We have no want of money.
  • Rest upon ( নির্ভর করা ; বিশ্বাসস্থাপন করা ) I rest upon your promise.
  • Useful to ( প্রয়োজনীয় (ব্যক্তি) ) This book is useful to us for examination.
  • Divide among ( ভাগ করা (দুইয়ের অধিক) ) Divide the mangoes among the boys.
  • Preferable to ( অধিক পছন্দযোগ্য ) Death is preferable to dishonor.

Idioms:

  • In order to ( উদ্দেশ্য ) He came here in order to meet my mother.
  • Hard and fast ( বাঁধা ধরা ) There is no such hard and fast rule in this matter.
  • To the letter ( অক্ষরে অক্ষরে ) He followed my advice to the letter.
  • Fall flat ( ফলপ্রসূ না হওয়া ) My advice feel fiat on him.
  • In a fix ( মুশকিলে পতিত ) He is in a fix and does not know what to do.
  • Lame excuse ( বাজে গুজব ) This lame excuse will to do.