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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Delight in ( আনন্দ ) He takes delight in music.
  • Cure of ( আরগ্য হওয়া ) He will be cured of the disease very soon.
  • Despair of ( নিরাশ হওয়া ) Do not despair of success.
  • Divide between ( ভাগ করা (দুটি বা দুজন) ) Divide the apple between Raqib and Shafique.
  • Avail of ( সুযোগ গ্রহণ করা ) You must avail yourself of the business.
  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.

Idioms:

  • bad debts ( অশোধ্য বা অনাদায়ী ঋন ; যে ঋন শোধ করা যাবে না )
  • Lame excuse ( বাজে গুজব ) This lame excuse will to do.
  • in the doldrums ( উদাসীন ভাবাপন্ন )
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.