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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Control over ( নিয়ন্ত্রণ ) He has no control over his brother.
  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.
  • Search of ( অনুসন্ধানে ব্যস্ত ) They are in search of nice bird.
  • Accustomed to ( অভ্যস্ত ) I am accustomed to such a life.
  • Divide among ( ভাগ করা (দুইয়ের অধিক) ) Divide the mangoes among the boys.
  • Officiate in ( পরিবর্তে কাজ করা (পদ) ) He officiated for me in that post.

Idioms:

  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • 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.
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • Out of order ( বিকল ) This car is out of order.
  • Far and wide ( সর্বত্র ) His fame as a scholar spread far and wide
  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.