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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Pass for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) He passes for a clever man.
  • Tide over ( অতিক্রম করা ) He will soon tide over the difficulty.
  • Eager about ( আগ্রহী ) He is eager about the result.
  • End in ( শেষ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.
  • Succeed in ( সাফল্য লাভ করা ) He will succeed in life.
  • Divide into ( বিভক্ত করা (অংশ) ) It was divided into several parts.

Idioms:

  • to the bad ( মন্দাবস্থায় ; ঘাটতি অবস্থায় )
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • Gift of the gab ( বাককটুতা ) An advocate should have the gift of the gab.
  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )
  • At a low ebb ( নিম্নমুখী ) His fame is at a low ebb now.
  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.