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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Depend on ( নির্ভর করা ) Success depends on hard work.
  • Tide over ( অতিক্রম করা ) He will soon tide over the difficulty.
  • Lacking in ( অভাব আছে এমন ) He is lacking in courage.
  • Deaf to ( শুনতে অনিচ্ছুক ) He is deaf to my request.
  • Divide between ( ভাগ করা (দুটি বা দুজন) ) Divide the apple between Raqib and Shafique.
  • Useful for ( প্রয়োজনীয় (উদ্দেশ্য) ) This book is useful to us for examination.

Idioms:

  • Maiden speech ( প্রথম বক্তৃতা ) His maiden speech fell flat on the audience.
  • Crying need ( জরুরী প্রয়োজন ) Mass education is the crying need of Bangladesh.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • By chance ( দৈবাৎ ) I met him on the way by chance.
  • Cock and bull story ( গাঁজাখুরি গল্প ) Nobody will believe your cock and bull story
  • In a hurry ( তাড়াহুড়ার মধ্যে ) Don't do the work in a hurry.