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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Lament for ( বিলাপ করা ) She lamented for her child.
  • Aloof from ( দূরে থাকা ) Keep yourself aloof from bad company.
  • Divide among ( ভাগ করা (দুইয়ের অধিক) ) Divide the mangoes among the boys.
  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.
  • Attend on ( সেবা করা ) She attends on her mother.
  • Involved in ( জড়িত ) He is involved in the plot.

Idioms:

  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • Build castles in the air ( আকাশ কুসুম চিন্তা করা ) Don't idle away your time in building castles in the air.
  • by dint of ( ফলে (সাধারণত বল প্রয়োগের ফলে) )
  • Get rid of ( মুক্তি পাওয়া ) Try to get rid of that rogue.
  • Hard nut to crack ( কঠিন সমস্যা ) The problem of adult education is really a hard nut to crack.