"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.
  • Confident to ( আবদ্ধ (শয্যা) ) He is confined to bed.
  • Jump at ( আগ্রহ সহকারে গ্রহণ করা ) Do not jump at the offer.
  • Attend on ( সেবা করা ) She attends on her mother.
  • Slow of ( ধীর ) He is slow of speech. He is slow at figures. He is slow in writing.
  • Despair of ( নিরাশ হওয়া ) Do not despair of success.

Idioms:

  • In the mean time ( ইতিমধ্যে ) Lila will come here to-night. In the mean time you should get her room ready.
  • At arm’s length ( দূরে ) Try to keep the bad boy at arm’s length.
  • At stake ( বিপন্ন ) His life is at stake now.
  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • Heart and soul ( সর্বান্তঃকরণে ) Try heard and soul and you will succeed.