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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Bound for ( যাত্রার জন্য প্রস্তুত ) The ship is bound for England.
  • Alarmed at ( আতঙ্কিত ) We were alarmed at he news.
  • Want of ( অভাব ) We have no want of money.
  • Divide among ( ভাগ করা (দুইয়ের অধিক) ) Divide the mangoes among the boys.
  • Confined in ( আবদ্ধ (কক্ষ) ) He is confined in a room for five days.
  • Diffident of ( সন্দিগ্ধ ) I am diffident of success.

Idioms:

  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • To the letter ( অক্ষরে অক্ষরে ) He followed my advice to the letter.
  • Now and then ( মাঝে মাঝে ) He comes here now and then.
  • Wild goose chase ( পন্ডশ্রম ) Do not waste time in wild goose chase.
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.