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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Divide between ( ভাগ করা (দুটি বা দুজন) ) Divide the apple between Raqib and Shafique.
  • Tell upon ( ক্ষতি করা ) Over-eating tells upon health.
  • Obsessed with ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is obsessed with the idea.
  • Tide over ( অতিক্রম করা ) He will soon tide over the difficulty.
  • Vary from ( আলাদা হওয়া ) His opinion varies from his brother's.
  • Anxious for ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is anxious for getting a job.

Idioms:

  • Round the clock ( সমস্ত দিন ) He is working round the clock.
  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • Lame excuse ( বাজে গুজব ) This lame excuse will to do.
  • Come off with flying colours ( জয়লাভ করা ) Our School team came off with flying colours.
  • Gift of the gab ( বাককটুতা ) An advocate should have the gift of the gab.
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.