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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Divide between ( ভাগ করা (দুটি বা দুজন) ) Divide the apple between Raqib and Shafique.
  • Compete for ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন কিছু) ) He competed for the first position.
  • Refer to ( বিচারার্থে পাঠানো ) Refer the matter to him for enquiry.
  • Late in ( দেরি ) Why are you so late in coming?
  • Admit of ( স্বীকৃতি পাওয়া ) Your conduct admits of no excuse.
  • Obsessed by ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is obsessed by the idea.

Idioms:

  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.
  • a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.
  • Call a spade a spade ( অপ্রিয় সত্য কথা বলা ) I have no hesitation to call a spade a spade.
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.