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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Wait for ( অপেক্ষা করা ) I waited for him for two hours.
  • Divide between ( ভাগ করা (দুটি বা দুজন) ) Divide the apple between Raqib and Shafique.
  • Wait on ( সেবা করা ) The nurse waited on the patient.
  • Deal in ( ব্যবসা করা ) He deals in rice.
  • Appeal for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He appealed for pardon.
  • Agree to ( একমত হওয়া (প্রস্তাব) ) I can't agree to the proposals.

Idioms:

  • A bed of roses thorns ( কন্টকময় জীবন ) Life is nothing but a bed of roses.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • By hook or by crook ( যে কোন উপায়ে ) You must do this work by hook or by crook.
  • Now and then ( মাঝে মাঝে ) He comes here now and then.
  • Get rid of ( মুক্তি পাওয়া ) Try to get rid of that rogue.
  • In one's teens ( তের থেকে উনিশ বছর বয়সের মধ্যে ) She is yet in her teens.