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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Lament for ( বিলাপ করা ) She lamented for her child.
  • Addicted to ( আসক্ত ) He is addicted to separate.
  • Argue against ( যূক্তি দেখানো (কোন কিছু) ) I argued with him against the point.
  • Think of ( চিন্তা করা (ব্যক্তি) ) What do you think of (about) him?
  • Polite in ( নম্র ) He is polite in his manners. (Polite to strangers).
  • Divide between ( ভাগ করা (দুটি বা দুজন) ) Divide the apple between Raqib and Shafique.

Idioms:

  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • Above all ( প্রধানত ; সর্বোপরি ) We should be kind, polite, and above all honest.
  • Above board ( সংশয়হীন ভাবে নির্দোষ ) His activities are open and above board.
  • Fish in a troubled water ( এলোমোলো অবস্থায় সুযোগ নেওয়া ) He made a lot of money by fishing in a troubled water.
  • Tooth and nail ( তীব্রভাবে ) He fought tooth and nail against his enemy.
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.