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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Deaf to ( শুনতে অনিচ্ছুক ) He is deaf to my request.
  • Envious of ( ঈর্ষান্বিত ) I am not envious of his riches.
  • Divide between ( ভাগ করা (দুটি বা দুজন) ) Divide the apple between Raqib and Shafique.
  • Ambition for ( উচ্চাকাঙ্খা ) He has no ambition for fame in life.
  • Plead with ( ওকালতি করা (ব্যক্তি) ) I pleaded with him for justice.
  • Officiate in ( পরিবর্তে কাজ করা (পদ) ) He officiated for me in that post.

Idioms:

  • Come off with flying colours ( জয়লাভ করা ) Our School team came off with flying colours.
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • At least ( অন্ততঃ ) At least one hundred boys will come to school today.
  • In a nut shell ( খুব সংক্ষেপে ) Tell the story in a nut shell.
  • At home ( দক্ষ ) He is at home in mathematics.
  • Fish in a troubled water ( এলোমোলো অবস্থায় সুযোগ নেওয়া ) He made a lot of money by fishing in a troubled water.