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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Acquit of ( খালাস দেওয়া ) High court acquit him of the charge.
  • Long for ( কামনা করা ) He longed for fame.
  • Due to ( কারণে ) His absence is due to illness.
  • Divide among ( ভাগ করা (দুইয়ের অধিক) ) Divide the mangoes among the boys.
  • Dull of ( বোধশক্তিহীন ) He is dull of understanding.
  • Endowed with ( ভূষিত ) He is endowed with talents.

Idioms:

  • harp on the same string ( এক কথা বারবার বলা )
  • Carry the day ( জয়লাভ করা ) Rajib, the best player of the school, carried the day in the annual sports.
  • Achilles heel ( দুর্বলতা বা ত্রুটি ) He is trying to hide but everybody knows his achilles' heel
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • to the bad ( মন্দাবস্থায় ; ঘাটতি অবস্থায় )
  • Sink in ( আবদ্ধ হওয়া, ডুবে যাওয়া ) He sank in mud or the ship sank into the sea.