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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Hard at ( উদ্যমী ) He is hard at work before examination.
  • Divide among ( ভাগ করা (দুইয়ের অধিক) ) Divide the mangoes among the boys.
  • Occur to ( মনে হওয়া ) The idea never occurred to me.
  • Allot to ( বিলি করা ) One room has been allotted to him.
  • Offended at ( বিরক্ত (কোন কাজে) ) I am offended with you at your conduct.
  • Triumph over ( জয় করা ) Jim and Della triumphed over their poverty.

Idioms:

  • Turn over a new leaf ( নূতনের সূচনা ) After his failure he turned over a new leaf.
  • Apple of discord ( বিবাদেয় বিষয় ) The paternal property has become an apple of discord between the two brothers.
  • put the cart before the horse ( স্বাভাবিক অবস্থা উলটাইয়া দেওয়া ; অস্বাভাবিক অবস্থা পরিণত করা )
  • All but ( প্রায় ) The poor villagers are all but ruined.
  • Gift of the gab ( বাককটুতা ) An advocate should have the gift of the gab.
  • By chance ( দৈবাৎ ) I met him on the way by chance.