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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Late in ( দেরি ) Why are you so late in coming?
  • Close to ( নিকটে ) The school is very close to our house.
  • Due to ( কারণে ) His absence is due to illness.
  • Divide among ( ভাগ করা (দুইয়ের অধিক) ) Divide the mangoes among the boys.
  • Plead with ( ওকালতি করা (ব্যক্তি) ) I pleaded with him for justice.
  • Dull of ( বোধশক্তিহীন ) He is dull of understanding.

Idioms:

  • have a bad time ( দুশ্চিন্তায় কাল কাটানো ; দুঃসময়ে পড়া )
  • host in himself ( একাই একশ )
  • Rank and file ( সাধারণ লোক ) We should pay attention to the rank and file of the country.
  • by dint of ( ফলে (সাধারণত বল প্রয়োগের ফলে) )
  • By leaps and bounds ( অতি দ্রুতগতিতে ) The population of Bangladesh is increasing by leaps and bounds.
  • In one's teens ( তের থেকে উনিশ বছর বয়সের মধ্যে ) She is yet in her teens.