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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Acquainted with ( পরিচিত ) I am acquainted with her.
  • Divide between ( ভাগ করা (দুটি বা দুজন) ) Divide the apple between Raqib and Shafique.
  • in favour of ( পক্ষে ) He spoke in favour of his friend.
  • Partial to ( পক্ষপাত দুষ্ট ) He is partial to his son.
  • Compete with ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন একজন) ) I competed with him for the first prize.
  • Busy with ( ব্যস্ত ) He is busy with his studies.

Idioms:

  • At once back and call ( বাধ্য ) He is always at my back and call.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • Book worm ( গ্রন্থকীট ) Don't be a book worm.
  • A bed of roses ( সুখ-স্বাচ্ছন্দ্যপূর্ণ জীবন ) Many people think that life is a bed of roses
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.
  • Fish in a troubled water ( এলোমোলো অবস্থায় সুযোগ নেওয়া ) He made a lot of money by fishing in a troubled water.