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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Think of ( চিন্তা করা (ব্যক্তি) ) What do you think of (about) him?
  • Retire from ( অবসর লওয়া ) He retired from service on a pension.
  • Die for ( মারা যাওয়া (কারণ) ) He died for his country.
  • Callous to ( উদাসীন ) He is callous to my suffering.
  • Divide among ( ভাগ করা (দুইয়ের অধিক) ) Divide the mangoes among the boys.
  • Envy of ( ঈর্ষা ) I have no envy of him.

Idioms:

  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • Stone's throw ( অতি নিকটে ) Our school is at a stone's throw form our house.
  • Call in question ( সন্দেহ করা ) No one can call his honesty in question.
  • Bag and baggage ( তল্পিতল্পাসহ ) He left the place bag and baggage.
  • Slip of the pen ( লেখায় অসতর্কতাবশতঃ সামান্য ভুল ) This mistake is due to a slip of the pen.
  • feather ones nest ( কাজ গুছিয়ে নেওয়া )