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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Rid of ( মুক্ত হওয়া ) Get rid of bad company.
  • Make for ( অগ্রসর হওয়া ) The ship made for England.
  • Lay by ( সঞ্চয় করা ) Lay by something for the old age.
  • Afraid of ( ভীত ) I am not afraid of ghosts.
  • Plead with ( ওকালতি করা (ব্যক্তি) ) I pleaded with him for justice.
  • Divide between ( ভাগ করা (দুটি বা দুজন) ) Divide the apple between Raqib and Shafique.

Idioms:

  • Now and then ( মাঝে মাঝে ) He comes here now and then.
  • At arm’s length ( দূরে ) Try to keep the bad boy at arm’s length.
  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • Gift of the gab ( বাককটুতা ) An advocate should have the gift of the gab.
  • a piece of cake ( খুবই সহজ ) This assignment is a piece of cake