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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Remedy for ( প্রতিকার ) There is no remedy for this disease.
  • Delight in ( আনন্দ ) He takes delight in music.
  • Compete for ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন কিছু) ) He competed for the first position.
  • Divide among ( ভাগ করা (দুইয়ের অধিক) ) Divide the mangoes among the boys.
  • Jump to ( তাড়াহুড়ো করে সিদ্ধান্তে আসা ) Do not jump to a conclusion without much thinking.
  • Succeed in ( সাফল্য লাভ করা ) He will succeed in life.

Idioms:

  • be in ones bad books ( কারও অপ্রিয় হওয়া )
  • Bad blood ( মনোমালিন্য ; শত্রতা ; দ্বেষ ) Now there is bad blood between the two brothers.
  • Slip of the tongue ( বলায় সামান্য ভুল ) This is a slip of the tongue, don't lay much stress on it.
  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.
  • In fine ( পরিশেষ ) In fine he declared his plan.
  • To the letter ( অক্ষরে অক্ষরে ) He followed my advice to the letter.