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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Divide among ( ভাগ করা (দুইয়ের অধিক) ) Divide the mangoes among the boys.
  • Engaged to ( বাগদত্ত ) Lila was engaged to him.
  • Due to ( কারণে ) His absence is due to illness.
  • Tell upon ( ক্ষতি করা ) Over-eating tells upon health.
  • Lacking in ( অভাব আছে এমন ) He is lacking in courage.
  • Respect of ( সম্বন্ধে ) He is junior to me in respect of service.

Idioms:

  • Out of date ( অপ্রচলিত ) This fashion is now out of date.
  • queer go ( অদ্ভুত ব্যপার )
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • Above board ( সংশয়হীন ভাবে নির্দোষ ) His activities are open and above board.