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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Talk of ( কথা বলা (কোন জিনিস) ) I am talking to (with) Mr. Roy of (about, over) the matter.
  • Live for ( বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives for fame.
  • Apply for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He applied to the Secretary for the post.
  • Different from ( পৃথক ) This book is different from that.
  • Divide into ( বিভক্ত করা (অংশ) ) It was divided into several parts.
  • Aloof from ( দূরে থাকা ) Keep yourself aloof from bad company.

Idioms:

  • At arm’s length ( দূরে ) Try to keep the bad boy at arm’s length.
  • a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.
  • Heart and soul ( সর্বান্তঃকরণে ) Try heard and soul and you will succeed.
  • A rainy day ( দুর্দিন ) Everybody should save something for rainy day.
  • Square meal ( পেট ভরা আহার ) He is too poor to have a square meal every day.
  • In the mean time ( ইতিমধ্যে ) Lila will come here to-night. In the mean time you should get her room ready.