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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Remind of ( মনে করিয়ে দেওয়া (কোনকিছু) ) I reminded him of his promise.
  • Triumph over ( জয় করা ) Jim and Della triumphed over their poverty.
  • Junior to ( নিম্নপদস্থ ; বয়সে কম ) He is junior to me in service.
  • Weary of ( ক্লান্ত ) He is weary of hard life.
  • Engaged in ( নিযুক্ত (কাজে) ) I was engaged with him in talk.
  • Divide among ( ভাগ করা (দুইয়ের অধিক) ) Divide the mangoes among the boys.

Idioms:

  • Chip of the old block ( বাপকা বেটা ) He is a chip of the old black.
  • but me no buts ( কিন্তু কিন্তু করো না )
  • Hard nut to crack ( কঠিন সমস্যা ) The problem of adult education is really a hard nut to crack.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • by dint of ( ফলে (সাধারণত বল প্রয়োগের ফলে) )
  • At large ( স্বাধীন ) The anti-socials are still at large.