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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Vexed with ( বিরক্ত (ব্যক্তি) ) He is vexed with me at my conduct.
  • Grateful to ( কৃতজ্ঞ (ব্যক্তি) ) I am grateful to you for your help.
  • Divide between ( ভাগ করা (দুটি বা দুজন) ) Divide the apple between Raqib and Shafique.
  • Vain of ( অহঙ্কারী ) She is vain of her beauty.
  • Long for ( কামনা করা ) He longed for fame.
  • Jump to ( তাড়াহুড়ো করে সিদ্ধান্তে আসা ) Do not jump to a conclusion without much thinking.

Idioms:

  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • Get rid of ( মুক্তি পাওয়া ) Try to get rid of that rogue.
  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.
  • Turn over a new leaf ( নূতনের সূচনা ) After his failure he turned over a new leaf.
  • Red tape ( লাল ফিতার বাঁধন ; আমলাতান্ত্রিকতা ) Red tapism causes delay in official work.