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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Adjacent to ( সংলগ্ন ) Her college is adjacent to her house.
  • Subject to ( শর্তাধীন ) This is subject to approval of the committee.
  • Prevent from ( বারণ করা ; প্রতিরোধ করা ) I prevented him from going there.‌
  • Look over ( পরীক্ষা করা ) He is looking over the answer papers.
  • Pride on ( গর্ব করা ) He prides himself on his high birth.
  • Divide between ( ভাগ করা (দুটি বা দুজন) ) Divide the apple between Raqib and Shafique.

Idioms:

  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.
  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.
  • In vain ( বৃথা ) All his attempts were in vain.
  • Carry the day ( জয়লাভ করা ) Rajib, the best player of the school, carried the day in the annual sports.
  • Weal and woe ( সুখ-দুঃখ ) Human life is full of weal and woe.
  • In the long run ( পরিশেষে ) You will have to suffer in the long run.