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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Wish for ( আকাঙ্খা করা ) I do not wish for name and fame.
  • Care of ( যত্ন নেওয়া ) Take care of your health.
  • Divide between ( ভাগ করা (দুটি বা দুজন) ) Divide the apple between Raqib and Shafique.
  • Triumph over ( জয় করা ) Jim and Della triumphed over their poverty.
  • Guilty of ( দোষী ) He is guilty of murder.
  • Offended at ( বিরক্ত (কোন কাজে) ) I am offended with you at your conduct.

Idioms:

  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • Turn a deaf ear to ( মনোযোগ না দেওয়া ) He turned a deaf ear to my proposal.
  • Rank and file ( সাধারণ লোক ) We should pay attention to the rank and file of the country.
  • have a bad time ( দুশ্চিন্তায় কাল কাটানো ; দুঃসময়ে পড়া )
  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.
  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.