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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Useful for ( প্রয়োজনীয় (উদ্দেশ্য) ) This book is useful to us for examination.
  • Wanting in ( বিহীন ) He is wanting in common sense.
  • Conscious of ( সচেতন ) He is conscious of his weakness.
  • Contribute to ( দান হিসাবে দেওয়া ) He contributed one thousand taka to the Flood Relief Fund.
  • Divide among ( ভাগ করা (দুইয়ের অধিক) ) Divide the mangoes among the boys.
  • Ashamed of ( লজ্জিত ) He is not ashamed of his conduct.

Idioms:

  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • breathe out ( নিঃশ্বাস ত্যাগ করা ) At last, he breathed his last breath out, and that was the end.
  • blue blood ( অভিজাত বংশের রক্ত বহনকারী )
  • Book worm ( গ্রন্থকীট ) Don't be a book worm.
  • Curry favour ( তোষামোদ করিয়ে প্রিয় হওয়া ) He knows how to curry favour with officers.
  • to the bad ( মন্দাবস্থায় ; ঘাটতি অবস্থায় )