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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Look over ( পরীক্ষা করা ) He is looking over the answer papers.
  • Displeased with ( অসন্তুষ্ট ) I am displeased with him at his conduct.
  • Engaged to ( বাগদত্ত ) Lila was engaged to him.
  • Escape by ( রক্ষা করা ) He escaped by a hair breadth.
  • Adjacent to ( সংলগ্ন ) Her college is adjacent to her house.
  • Divide between ( ভাগ করা (দুটি বা দুজন) ) Divide the apple between Raqib and Shafique.

Idioms:

  • To the letter ( অক্ষরে অক্ষরে ) He followed my advice to the letter.
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • At last ( অবশেষে ) I got my missing book at last.
  • In a fix ( মুশকিলে পতিত ) He is in a fix and does not know what to do.
  • Out of sorts ( ঈষৎ অসুস্থ ) He is out of sorts now.
  • Call a spade a spade ( অপ্রিয় সত্য কথা বলা ) I have no hesitation to call a spade a spade.