"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.
  • Plead with ( ওকালতি করা (ব্যক্তি) ) I pleaded with him for justice.
  • Marry to ( বিবাহ দেওয়া ) He married his daughter to a rich man.
  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.
  • Wait for ( অপেক্ষা করা ) I waited for him for two hours.
  • Close to ( নিকটে ) The school is very close to our house.

Idioms:

  • Cats and dogs ( মূষল ধারে ) It was raining cats and dogs.
  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather
  • cringing flatterer ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • loose cannon ( অপ্রত্যাশিত ) He is a bit of a loose cannon.
  • Up and downs ( উন্থানপতন ) There are ups and downs in a man's life.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.