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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Charge on or against ( অভিযোগ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) Theft was charged on (against) him.
  • Essential to ( অত্যাবশ্যক ) Food is essential to health.
  • Divide among ( ভাগ করা (দুইয়ের অধিক) ) Divide the mangoes among the boys.
  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.
  • Vexed with ( বিরক্ত (ব্যক্তি) ) He is vexed with me at my conduct.
  • Smile on ( অনুগ্রহ করা ) Fortune smiled on him.

Idioms:

  • harp on the same string ( এক কথা বারবার বলা )
  • but me no buts ( কিন্তু কিন্তু করো না )
  • After all ( সবকিছু সত্ত্বেও ) After all, he is a patriot.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • Slip of the pen ( লেখায় অসতর্কতাবশতঃ সামান্য ভুল ) This mistake is due to a slip of the pen.
  • In no time ( শীঘ্র ) He will finish the work in no time.