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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Rid of ( মুক্ত হওয়া ) Get rid of bad company.
  • Quarrel about ( কলহ করা (কোনকিছু) ) They quarreled with one another about the property.
  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.
  • Unite with ( ঐক্যবদ্ধ হওয়া ) Be united with your friends.
  • Equal to ( সমতুল্য (কাজ) ) He rose equal to the occasion.
  • Weak of ( দূর্বল ) He is weak of understanding.

Idioms:

  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • Sink in ( আবদ্ধ হওয়া, ডুবে যাওয়া ) He sank in mud or the ship sank into the sea.
  • At least ( অন্ততঃ ) At least one hundred boys will come to school today.
  • Red tape ( লাল ফিতার বাঁধন ; আমলাতান্ত্রিকতা ) Red tapism causes delay in official work.
  • Bone of contention ( বিবাদের বিষয় ) The paternal property is the bone of contention between the two brothers.
  • At arm’s length ( দূরে ) Try to keep the bad boy at arm’s length.