"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.
  • Angry with ( রাগান্বিত (ব্যক্তি) ) He is angry with me for speaking against him.
  • Heir to ( উত্তরাধিকারী (সম্পত্তি) ) He is the heir to his uncle’s property.
  • Confident to ( আবদ্ধ (শয্যা) ) He is confined to bed.
  • Junior to ( নিম্নপদস্থ ; বয়সে কম ) He is junior to me in service.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.

Idioms:

  • In order to ( উদ্দেশ্য ) He came here in order to meet my mother.
  • At one’s own sweet will ( খুশি মতো ) He still does it at his own sweet will.
  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.
  • when pigs fly ( কখনও না ) I will help you when pigs fly
  • Bad blood ( মনোমালিন্য ; শত্রতা ; দ্বেষ ) Now there is bad blood between the two brothers.
  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.