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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Charge on or against ( অভিযোগ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) Theft was charged on (against) him.
  • Attend upon ( সেবা করা ) She attends upon her mother.
  • Complain to ( অভিযোগ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) The complained to the Director against the Manager about her behavior.
  • Aim at ( লক্ষ্য করা ) He aimed his gun at he bird.
  • Count for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) His advice counts for nothing.
  • Divide between ( ভাগ করা (দুটি বা দুজন) ) Divide the apple between Raqib and Shafique.

Idioms:

  • Fish in a troubled water ( এলোমোলো অবস্থায় সুযোগ নেওয়া ) He made a lot of money by fishing in a troubled water.
  • A black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) Tom is a black sheep in their family
  • have ones eyes ( কারও হাতে বিস্তর কাজ থাকা )
  • All at once ( হঠাৎ ) All at once a tiger came out of the forest.
  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • By hook or by crook ( যে কোন উপায়ে ) You must do this work by hook or by crook.