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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Live by ( কোন উপায়ে বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives by honest means.
  • Angry for ( রাগান্বিত (কোন কিছু) ) I am angry for something.
  • Divide among ( ভাগ করা (দুইয়ের অধিক) ) Divide the mangoes among the boys.
  • Consistent with ( সামঞ্জস্যপূর্ণ ) Your action is not consistent with the rules.
  • Wish for ( আকাঙ্খা করা ) I do not wish for name and fame.
  • Guess at ( অনুমান করা ) Can you guess at her age?

Idioms:

  • Book worm ( গ্রন্থকীট ) Don't be a book worm.
  • be in ones bad books ( কারও অপ্রিয় হওয়া )
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.
  • Tooth and nail ( তীব্রভাবে ) He fought tooth and nail against his enemy.
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.