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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Die by ( মারা যাওয়া (বিষ) ) He died by poison.
  • Lacking in ( অভাব আছে এমন ) He is lacking in courage.
  • Consist of ( গঠিত হওয়া ) This class consists of fifty boys and thirty girls.
  • Excuse for ( অব্যাহতি দেওয়া ) He will not be excused for coming late.
  • Divide among ( ভাগ করা (দুইয়ের অধিক) ) Divide the mangoes among the boys.
  • Aware of ( সচেতন ) Man should aware of the danger of environment pollution.

Idioms:

  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • On the whole ( মোটের উপর ) On the whole, his conduct is good.
  • Cats and dogs ( মূষল ধারে ) It was raining cats and dogs.
  • bad debts ( অশোধ্য বা অনাদায়ী ঋন ; যে ঋন শোধ করা যাবে না )