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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Weak of ( দূর্বল ) He is weak of understanding.
  • Smile on ( অনুগ্রহ করা ) Fortune smiled on him.
  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.
  • Divide among ( ভাগ করা (দুইয়ের অধিক) ) Divide the mangoes among the boys.
  • Clue to ( সূত্র ) Find out the clue to the mystery.
  • Glance at ( চোখ বুলিয়ে নেওয়া ) He glanced at me casually.

Idioms:

  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • Bone of contention ( বিবাদের বিষয় ) The paternal property is the bone of contention between the two brothers.
  • In a nut shell ( খুব সংক্ষেপে ) Tell the story in a nut shell.
  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.
  • Call in question ( সন্দেহ করা ) No one can call his honesty in question.
  • Above board ( সংশয়হীন ভাবে নির্দোষ ) His activities are open and above board.