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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Lament for ( বিলাপ করা ) She lamented for her child.
  • Hard at ( উদ্যমী ) He is hard at work before examination.
  • Tide over ( অতিক্রম করা ) He will soon tide over the difficulty.
  • Heir to ( উত্তরাধিকারী (সম্পত্তি) ) He is the heir to his uncle’s property.
  • Divide into ( বিভক্ত করা (অংশ) ) It was divided into several parts.
  • Lacking in ( অভাব আছে এমন ) He is lacking in courage.

Idioms:

  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • Stone's throw ( অতি নিকটে ) Our school is at a stone's throw form our house.
  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.
  • breathe out ( নিঃশ্বাস ত্যাগ করা ) At last, he breathed his last breath out, and that was the end.
  • By far ( সর্বাংশে ) He is by far the best boy in the class.
  • In vain ( বৃথা ) All his attempts were in vain.