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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Indifferent to ( উদাসীন ) He is indifferent to our problem.
  • Brood on (over) ( মন খারাপ করা ) Do not brood over your misfortune.
  • Rest with ( নির্ভর করা ; বিশ্বাসস্থাপন করা ) The whole matter rests with you.
  • Look up ( শব্দার্থ খোঁজা ) Look up the word in the dictionary.
  • Divide between ( ভাগ করা (দুটি বা দুজন) ) Divide the apple between Raqib and Shafique.
  • Envy of ( ঈর্ষা ) I have no envy of him.

Idioms:

  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • At stake ( বিপন্ন ) His life is at stake now.
  • In lieu of ( পরিবর্তে ) Give me this pen in lieu of that.
  • Make both ends meet ( আয়ব্যয় মেলানো ) I cannot make both ends meet with my small income.
  • Catch red handed ( হাতে নাতে ধরা ) The thief was caught red handed.
  • Big gun ( নেতৃস্থানীয় ব্যক্তি ) He is a big gun of our locality.