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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Divide among ( ভাগ করা (দুইয়ের অধিক) ) Divide the mangoes among the boys.
  • Smell of ( গন্ধ দেয় ) This glass smells of wine.
  • Rob of ( অপহরণ করা ) Somebody robbed him of his purse.
  • Contribute to ( দান হিসাবে দেওয়া ) He contributed one thousand taka to the Flood Relief Fund.
  • Mourn for ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn for the dead.
  • Look over ( পরীক্ষা করা ) He is looking over the answer papers.

Idioms:

  • Stone's throw ( অতি নিকটে ) Our school is at a stone's throw form our house.
  • Now and then ( মাঝে মাঝে ) He comes here now and then.
  • Round the clock ( সমস্ত দিন ) He is working round the clock.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • Ins and outs ( খুঁটিনাটি সব কিছু ) I know the ins and outs of the matter.
  • set a naught ( কলা দেখানো )