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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Divide between ( ভাগ করা (দুটি বা দুজন) ) Divide the apple between Raqib and Shafique.
  • Useful to ( প্রয়োজনীয় (ব্যক্তি) ) This book is useful to us for examination.
  • Key to ( সমাধানের উপায় ) He has found out the key to his problem.
  • False to ( মিথ্যাবাদী ) I cannot be false to my friend.
  • Alternative to ( বিকল্প ) This question is alternative to that.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.

Idioms:

  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.
  • Lame excuse ( বাজে গুজব ) This lame excuse will to do.
  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.
  • Turn a deaf ear to ( মনোযোগ না দেওয়া ) He turned a deaf ear to my proposal.
  • For good ( চিরকালের জন্য ) He left the country for good.
  • In vain ( বৃথা ) All his attempts were in vain.