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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Avail of ( সুযোগ গ্রহণ করা ) You must avail yourself of the business.
  • Divide into ( বিভক্ত করা (অংশ) ) It was divided into several parts.
  • Lame of ( খোঁড়া ) He is lame of one leg.
  • Alternative to ( বিকল্প ) This question is alternative to that.
  • Escape by ( রক্ষা করা ) He escaped by a hair breadth.
  • Send for ( ডেকে পাঠানো ) Send for a doctor immediately.

Idioms:

  • In vogue ( চালু ) This custom is not in vogue now.
  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • Carry the day ( জয়লাভ করা ) Rajib, the best player of the school, carried the day in the annual sports.
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.
  • Square meal ( পেট ভরা আহার ) He is too poor to have a square meal every day.
  • bad shoot ( অসংগত অনুমান )