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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Mourn over ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn over the dead.
  • Divide among ( ভাগ করা (দুইয়ের অধিক) ) Divide the mangoes among the boys.
  • Partial to ( পক্ষপাত দুষ্ট ) He is partial to his son.
  • Sentence to ( দন্ডাদেশ দেওয়া ) He was sentenced to death for murder.
  • Difference between ( পার্থক্য ) There is no difference between the two brothers.
  • Subject to ( শর্তাধীন ) This is subject to approval of the committee.

Idioms:

  • A rainy day ( দুর্দিন ) Everybody should save something for rainy day.
  • All at once ( হঠাৎ ) All at once a tiger came out of the forest.
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • Bed of roses ( আরামদায়ক অবস্থা ) Life is not a bed of roses.
  • At a loss ( হতবু্দ্ধি ; কিংকর্তব্যবিমূঢ় ) He was at a loss and did not know what to do.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.