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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Careful of ( যত্নবান ) He is careful of his money.
  • Divide between ( ভাগ করা (দুটি বা দুজন) ) Divide the apple between Raqib and Shafique.
  • Occupied in ( নিয়োজিত ) He is occupied in writing a letter.
  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.
  • Relevant to ( প্রাসঙ্গিক ) Your remark is not relevant to the point.
  • Apply for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He applied to the Secretary for the post.

Idioms:

  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )
  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • feather ones nest ( কাজ গুছিয়ে নেওয়া )
  • Cock and bull story ( গাঁজাখুরি গল্প ) Nobody will believe your cock and bull story
  • bad debts ( অশোধ্য বা অনাদায়ী ঋন ; যে ঋন শোধ করা যাবে না )