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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Desire for ( ইচ্ছা ) He has no desire for fame.
  • Divide among ( ভাগ করা (দুইয়ের অধিক) ) Divide the mangoes among the boys.
  • Lament for ( বিলাপ করা ) She lamented for her child.
  • Adjacent to ( সংলগ্ন ) Her college is adjacent to her house.
  • Deal in ( ব্যবসা করা ) He deals in rice.
  • Engaged with ( নিযুক্ত (ব্যক্তি) ) I was engaged with him in talk.

Idioms:

  • feather ones nest ( কাজ গুছিয়ে নেওয়া )
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • Now and then ( মাঝে মাঝে ) He comes here now and then.
  • Kith and kin ( নিকট আত্মীয় ) He has no good relationship with his kith and kin.
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.
  • To the contrary ( কাহারও বক্তব্যের বিপক্ষে ) In the court he said nothing to the contrary.