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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Distinguish between ( প্রভেদ করা ) Distinguish between a phrase and a clause.
  • Divide between ( ভাগ করা (দুটি বা দুজন) ) Divide the apple between Raqib and Shafique.
  • Part from ( বিচ্ছিন্ন হওয়া (ব্যক্তি) ) He parted form his friend.
  • Depend on ( নির্ভর করা ) Success depends on hard work.
  • Entitled to ( অধিকারী ) He is entitled to a reward for his honesty.
  • Attend upon ( সেবা করা ) She attends upon her mother.

Idioms:

  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • At home ( দক্ষ ) He is at home in mathematics.
  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.
  • A black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) Tom is a black sheep in their family
  • a rotten apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few rotten apples.