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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Escape by ( রক্ষা করা ) He escaped by a hair breadth.
  • Divide between ( ভাগ করা (দুটি বা দুজন) ) Divide the apple between Raqib and Shafique.
  • Quarrel over ( কলহ করা (কোনকিছু) ) They quarreled with one another over the property.
  • Exempt from ( রেহাই দেওয়া ) He was exempted from the fine.
  • Die from ( মারা যাওয়া (প্রতিক্রিয়া) ) He died form over-eating.
  • Equal with ( সমতুল্য (ব্যক্তি) ) Mr.Karim is equal in rank with Mr.Rahim.

Idioms:

  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • In a nut shell ( খুব সংক্ষেপে ) Tell the story in a nut shell.
  • Crying need ( জরুরী প্রয়োজন ) Mass education is the crying need of Bangladesh.
  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.
  • At least ( অন্ততঃ ) At least one hundred boys will come to school today.
  • In a hurry ( তাড়াহুড়ার মধ্যে ) Don't do the work in a hurry.