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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Quarrel with ( কলহ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) They quarreled with one another for the property.
  • Lay by ( সঞ্চয় করা ) Lay by something for the old age.
  • Look into ( অনুসন্ধান করা ) I am looking into the matter.
  • Hard at ( উদ্যমী ) He is hard at work before examination.
  • Confined in ( আবদ্ধ (কক্ষ) ) He is confined in a room for five days.
  • Devote to ( উৎসর্গ করা ) He devotes much time to study.

Idioms:

  • Hard nut to crack ( কঠিন সমস্যা ) The problem of adult education is really a hard nut to crack.
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.
  • At home ( দক্ষ ) He is at home in mathematics.
  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • Weal and woe ( সুখ-দুঃখ ) Human life is full of weal and woe.