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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Vain of ( অহঙ্কারী ) She is vain of her beauty.
  • Divide between ( ভাগ করা (দুটি বা দুজন) ) Divide the apple between Raqib and Shafique.
  • Comment on ( মন্তব্য করা ) He commented favorably on the point.
  • Burst out ( ফেটে পড়া ) He burst out laughing at my joke.
  • Mourn for ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn for the dead.
  • Add to ( যোগ করা ) Add this to that.

Idioms:

  • Read between the lines ( তাৎপর্য বোঝা ) Try to read between the lines of the letter.
  • In a fix ( মুশকিলে পতিত ) He is in a fix and does not know what to do.
  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )
  • Nip in the bud ( অঙ্কুরে বিনষ্ট করা ) All his hopes were nipped in the bud.
  • a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.
  • pulling your leg ( কৌতক করা ) Do not take it seriously, i was just pulling you leg