"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.
  • Suffer from ( কষ্ট পাওয়া ) He is suffering from fever.
  • Appetite for ( ক্ষুধা ) The patient has no appetite for food.
  • Inferior to ( নিকৃষ্ট ; হীন ) He is inferior to his neighbour.
  • Escape by ( রক্ষা করা ) He escaped by a hair breadth.
  • Cure of ( আরগ্য হওয়া ) He will be cured of the disease very soon.

Idioms:

  • host in himself ( একাই একশ )
  • Die in harness ( কর্মরত অবস্থায় মারা যাওয়া ) Dr. Sen died in harness.
  • Slip of the pen ( লেখায় অসতর্কতাবশতঃ সামান্য ভুল ) This mistake is due to a slip of the pen.
  • Fall flat ( ফলপ্রসূ না হওয়া ) My advice feel fiat on him.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Nip in the bud ( অঙ্কুরে বিনষ্ট করা ) All his hopes were nipped in the bud.