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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Overcome by ( দমন করা ) He was overcome by anger.
  • Long for ( কামনা করা ) He longed for fame.
  • Divide between ( ভাগ করা (দুটি বা দুজন) ) Divide the apple between Raqib and Shafique.
  • Wish for ( আকাঙ্খা করা ) I do not wish for name and fame.
  • Sanguine of ( নিশ্চিত ) She is sanguine of her success.
  • Junior to ( নিম্নপদস্থ ; বয়সে কম ) He is junior to me in service.

Idioms:

  • reap the harvest of sin ( কর্ম ভোগ করা )
  • Square meal ( পেট ভরা আহার ) He is too poor to have a square meal every day.
  • All but ( প্রায় ) The poor villagers are all but ruined.
  • Sink in ( আবদ্ধ হওয়া, ডুবে যাওয়া ) He sank in mud or the ship sank into the sea.
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.
  • Cock and bull story ( গাঁজাখুরি গল্প ) Nobody will believe your cock and bull story