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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Tell upon ( ক্ষতি করা ) Over-eating tells upon health.
  • Divide between ( ভাগ করা (দুটি বা দুজন) ) Divide the apple between Raqib and Shafique.
  • Vain of ( অহঙ্কারী ) She is vain of her beauty.
  • Opportunity for ( সুযোগ ) I have no opportunity for (of) doing the work.
  • Apply to ( আবেদন করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He applied to he Secretary for the post.
  • Aware of ( সচেতন ) Man should aware of the danger of environment pollution.

Idioms:

  • In the mean time ( ইতিমধ্যে ) Lila will come here to-night. In the mean time you should get her room ready.
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • At one’s own sweet will ( খুশি মতো ) He still does it at his own sweet will.
  • Hold good ( প্রযুক্ত হওয়া ) This ruls will not hold good here.
  • Slow coach ( অলস প্রকৃতির লোক ) You cannot expect much from a slow coach like him.
  • Part and parcel ( অবিচ্ছেদ্য অংশ ) Discipline is part and parcel of administration.