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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Attend upon ( সেবা করা ) She attends upon her mother.
  • Superior to ( উৎকৃষ্টতর ) This type of rice is superior to that.
  • Relevant to ( প্রাসঙ্গিক ) Your remark is not relevant to the point.
  • Divide between ( ভাগ করা (দুটি বা দুজন) ) Divide the apple between Raqib and Shafique.
  • End in ( শেষ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.
  • Grateful for ( কৃতজ্ঞ (কোনকিছু) ) I am grateful to you for your help.

Idioms:

  • be on ones back ( একেবারে কুপোকাত )
  • a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.
  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )
  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.
  • Now and then ( মাঝে মাঝে ) He comes here now and then.
  • Hard nut to crack ( কঠিন সমস্যা ) The problem of adult education is really a hard nut to crack.