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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Live on ( খেয়ে বাঁচা ) The cow lives on grass.
  • Divide between ( ভাগ করা (দুটি বা দুজন) ) Divide the apple between Raqib and Shafique.
  • Complain against ( অভিযোগ করা (অন্য ব্যক্তি) ) The complained to the Director against the Manager about her behavior.
  • Make for ( অগ্রসর হওয়া ) The ship made for England.
  • Engaged in ( নিযুক্ত (কাজে) ) I was engaged with him in talk.
  • Slow of ( ধীর ) He is slow of speech. He is slow at figures. He is slow in writing.

Idioms:

  • In cold blood ( ঠান্ডা মাথায় ) They committed this murder in cold blood.
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • Come off with flying colours ( জয়লাভ করা ) Our School team came off with flying colours.
  • Black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) He is a black sheep in his family.
  • On the whole ( মোটের উপর ) On the whole, his conduct is good.
  • in the doldrums ( উদাসীন ভাবাপন্ন )