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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Hanker after ( লালায়িত হওয়া ) Do not hanker after wealth.
  • Pleased with ( সন্তুষ্ট ) I am pleased with him.
  • Divide among ( ভাগ করা (দুইয়ের অধিক) ) Divide the mangoes among the boys.
  • Ashamed of ( লজ্জিত ) He is not ashamed of his conduct.
  • Ashamed for ( লজ্জিত ) I feel ashamed for you.
  • Ill with ( অসুস্থ ) He is ill with fever.

Idioms:

  • Bad blood ( মনোমালিন্য ; শত্রতা ; দ্বেষ ) Now there is bad blood between the two brothers.
  • Square meal ( পেট ভরা আহার ) He is too poor to have a square meal every day.
  • Take to one's heels ( ছুটিয়া পালানো ) The thieves took to their heels to see the police.
  • to the bad ( মন্দাবস্থায় ; ঘাটতি অবস্থায় )
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.