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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Divide between ( ভাগ করা (দুটি বা দুজন) ) Divide the apple between Raqib and Shafique.
  • Kind of ( প্রকার ) What kind of paper is it?
  • Ashamed of ( লজ্জিত ) He is not ashamed of his conduct.
  • Zest for ( অনুরাগ ) She has no zest for music.
  • Indebted to ( ঋণী ; কৃতজ্ঞ ) I am indebted to him for this help.

Idioms:

  • hold your horses ( সবুর করা ; ধৈর্য ধরা ) Hold your horses in trouble, you will get your reward.
  • Round the clock ( সমস্ত দিন ) He is working round the clock.
  • Weal and woe ( সুখ-দুঃখ ) Human life is full of weal and woe.
  • put the cart before the horse ( স্বাভাবিক অবস্থা উলটাইয়া দেওয়া ; অস্বাভাবিক অবস্থা পরিণত করা )
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.
  • Household word ( সকলের পরিচিত নাম ) Mother Teresa's name has now become a household word.