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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Difference between ( পার্থক্য ) There is no difference between the two brothers.
  • Divide among ( ভাগ করা (দুইয়ের অধিক) ) Divide the mangoes among the boys.
  • Wonder at ( অবাক হওয়া ) I wonder at his ignorance.
  • Respond to ( উত্তর দেওয়া ) Nobody responded to my call.
  • Lame of ( খোঁড়া ) He is lame of one leg.
  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.

Idioms:

  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • At home ( দক্ষ ) He is at home in mathematics.
  • Far and wide ( সর্বত্র ) His fame as a scholar spread far and wide
  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • At a loss ( হতবু্দ্ধি ; কিংকর্তব্যবিমূঢ় ) He was at a loss and did not know what to do.