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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Junior to ( নিম্নপদস্থ ; বয়সে কম ) He is junior to me in service.
  • Argue against ( যূক্তি দেখানো (কোন কিছু) ) I argued with him against the point.
  • Deal in ( ব্যবসা করা ) He deals in rice.
  • Divide into ( বিভক্ত করা (অংশ) ) It was divided into several parts.
  • Talk of ( কথা বলা (কোন জিনিস) ) I am talking to (with) Mr. Roy of (about, over) the matter.
  • Look for ( খোঁজা ) I am looking for a good job.

Idioms:

  • throw dust in ones hands full ( কারো চোখে ধূলো দেওয়া )
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • After all ( সবকিছু সত্ত্বেও ) After all, he is a patriot.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • Chip of the old block ( বাপকা বেটা ) He is a chip of the old black.