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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Divide between ( ভাগ করা (দুটি বা দুজন) ) Divide the apple between Raqib and Shafique.
  • Contribute to ( দান হিসাবে দেওয়া ) He contributed one thousand taka to the Flood Relief Fund.
  • Faith in ( বিশ্বাস ) I have no faith in him.
  • Quick of ( চটপটে ) He is quick of understanding.
  • Divide among ( ভাগ করা (দুইয়ের অধিক) ) Divide the mangoes among the boys.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.

Idioms:

  • feather ones nest ( কাজ গুছিয়ে নেওয়া )
  • Achilles heel ( দুর্বলতা বা ত্রুটি ) He is trying to hide but everybody knows his achilles' heel
  • Of course ( অবশ্যই ) Of course, you know what that means
  • ABC ( প্রাথমিক জ্ঞান ) Everybody must know at least the ABC of religion.
  • Bed of roses ( আরামদায়ক অবস্থা ) Life is not a bed of roses.
  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.