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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Escape by ( রক্ষা করা ) He escaped by a hair breadth.
  • Divide between ( ভাগ করা (দুটি বা দুজন) ) Divide the apple between Raqib and Shafique.
  • Deaf of ( বধির ) He is deaf of one ear.
  • Brood on (over) ( মন খারাপ করা ) Do not brood over your misfortune.
  • Partiality for ( পক্ষপাত দুষ্ট ) He has no Partiality for his son.

Idioms:

  • Apple of discord ( বিবাদেয় বিষয় ) The paternal property has become an apple of discord between the two brothers.
  • At stake ( বিপন্ন ) His life is at stake now.
  • At last ( অবশেষে ) I got my missing book at last.
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • In order to ( উদ্দেশ্য ) He came here in order to meet my mother.
  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.