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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Divide among ( ভাগ করা (দুইয়ের অধিক) ) Divide the mangoes among the boys.
  • Disgusted with ( বিরক্ত ) I am disgusted with him at his conduct.
  • Ashamed of ( লজ্জিত ) He is not ashamed of his conduct.
  • Preferable to ( অধিক পছন্দযোগ্য ) Death is preferable to dishonor.
  • Object to ( আপত্তি করা ) He objected to my proposal.
  • Wait on ( সেবা করা ) The nurse waited on the patient.

Idioms:

  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.
  • set a naught ( কলা দেখানো )
  • By hook or by crook ( যে কোন উপায়ে ) You must do this work by hook or by crook.
  • Achilles heel ( দুর্বলতা বা ত্রুটি ) He is trying to hide but everybody knows his achilles' heel
  • On the spur of the moment ( মুহুর্তের উত্তেজনায় ) He did it on the spur of the moment.
  • Cats and dogs ( মূষল ধারে ) It was raining cats and dogs.