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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Make for ( অগ্রসর হওয়া ) The ship made for England.
  • Apply for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He applied to the Secretary for the post.
  • Mourn over ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn over the dead.
  • Divide among ( ভাগ করা (দুইয়ের অধিক) ) Divide the mangoes among the boys.
  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.
  • Engaged to ( বাগদত্ত ) Lila was engaged to him.

Idioms:

  • Turn down ( প্রত্যাখান করা ) He turned down my proposal.
  • At stake ( বিপন্ন ) His life is at stake now.
  • bad faith ( বিশ্বাসঘাতকতা )
  • By chance ( দৈবাৎ ) I met him on the way by chance.
  • Out of doors ( বাহিরে ) It is rather cold out of doors.
  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.