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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Hanker after ( লালায়িত হওয়া ) Do not hanker after wealth.
  • Suffer from ( কষ্ট পাওয়া ) He is suffering from fever.
  • Lame of ( খোঁড়া ) He is lame of one leg.
  • Disgusted at ( বিরক্ত ) I am disgusted with him at his conduct.
  • Divide among ( ভাগ করা (দুইয়ের অধিক) ) Divide the mangoes among the boys.
  • Aim at ( লক্ষ্য করা ) He aimed his gun at he bird.

Idioms:

  • Make both ends meet ( আয়ব্যয় মেলানো ) I cannot make both ends meet with my small income.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • pulling your leg ( কৌতক করা ) Do not take it seriously, i was just pulling you leg
  • Carry the day ( জয়লাভ করা ) Rajib, the best player of the school, carried the day in the annual sports.
  • 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.
  • Widow's mite ( দরিদ্রর ক্ষুদ্র দান ) A widow's mite is no less important than a large contribution of a rich man.