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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Officiate in ( পরিবর্তে কাজ করা (পদ) ) He officiated for me in that post.
  • Pass away ( মারা যাওয়া ) He passes away last night.
  • Contrary to ( বিপরীত ) His action is contrary to his words.
  • Blind of ( দৃষ্টিশক্তিতে অন্ধ ) He is blind of one eye.
  • Cope with ( সামলানো ) I cannot cope with the situation.
  • Divide between ( ভাগ করা (দুটি বা দুজন) ) Divide the apple between Raqib and Shafique.

Idioms:

  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • Up and downs ( উন্থানপতন ) There are ups and downs in a man's life.
  • Crying need ( জরুরী প্রয়োজন ) Mass education is the crying need of Bangladesh.
  • Bad blood ( মনোমালিন্য ; শত্রতা ; দ্বেষ ) Now there is bad blood between the two brothers.
  • At all ( আদৌ ) He does not know French at all.
  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.