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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Lame of ( খোঁড়া ) He is lame of one leg.
  • Admit of ( স্বীকৃতি পাওয়া ) Your conduct admits of no excuse.
  • Divide among ( ভাগ করা (দুইয়ের অধিক) ) Divide the mangoes among the boys.
  • Parallel to ( সমান্তরাল ) This line is parallel to that.
  • Die in ( মারা যাওয়া (শান্তি) ) Let me die in peace.
  • Good at ( দক্ষ ) He is good at tennis.

Idioms:

  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )
  • Part and parcel ( অবিচ্ছেদ্য অংশ ) Discipline is part and parcel of administration.
  • Beggar description ( বর্ণনাতীত ) The beauty of the Taj beggars description.