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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Satisfied with ( সন্তুষ্ট ) I am satisfied with him or I am satisfied of the truth.
  • Pity for ( করুণা ) Have pity for the poor.
  • Divide between ( ভাগ করা (দুটি বা দুজন) ) Divide the apple between Raqib and Shafique.
  • Consist of ( গঠিত হওয়া ) This class consists of fifty boys and thirty girls.
  • Crave for ( আকাঙ্খা করা ) He craves for wealth.
  • Similar to ( সদৃশ ) This pen is similar to that.

Idioms:

  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • Slip of the tongue ( বলায় সামান্য ভুল ) This is a slip of the tongue, don't lay much stress on it.
  • Hard and fast ( বাঁধা ধরা ) There is no such hard and fast rule in this matter.
  • when pigs fly ( কখনও না ) I will help you when pigs fly
  • have a bad time ( দুশ্চিন্তায় কাল কাটানো ; দুঃসময়ে পড়া )
  • a rotten apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few rotten apples.