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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Contribute to ( দান হিসাবে দেওয়া ) He contributed one thousand taka to the Flood Relief Fund.
  • Guess at ( অনুমান করা ) Can you guess at her age?
  • Divide between ( ভাগ করা (দুটি বা দুজন) ) Divide the apple between Raqib and Shafique.
  • Feel for ( সহানুভূতি অনুভব করা ) I feel for you in your trouble.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Affectionate to ( স্নেহশীল ) He is affectionate to me.

Idioms:

  • As usual ( যথারীতি ) He is late as usual.
  • have a bad time ( দুশ্চিন্তায় কাল কাটানো ; দুঃসময়ে পড়া )
  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.
  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.
  • Call in question ( সন্দেহ করা ) No one can call his honesty in question.
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.