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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Preferable to ( অধিক পছন্দযোগ্য ) Death is preferable to dishonor.
  • Mad with ( উন্মাদ প্রায় ) He is mad with pain.
  • Divide among ( ভাগ করা (দুইয়ের অধিক) ) Divide the mangoes among the boys.
  • Proportionate to ( আনুপাতিক ) Punishment should be proportionate to offence.
  • Good at ( দক্ষ ) He is good at tennis.
  • Quarrel for ( কলহ করা (কোনকিছু) ) They quarreled with one another for the property.

Idioms:

  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • All on a sudden ( হঠাৎ ) All on a sudden a tiger came out of the bush.
  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather
  • walk in someone shoes ( কারো অভিজ্ঞতা বা অবস্থানে থাকা বোঝায় ) When you walk in my shoes, you might understand.
  • End in smoke ( ব্যর্থ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.
  • In order to ( উদ্দেশ্য ) He came here in order to meet my mother.