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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Deal in ( ব্যবসা করা ) He deals in rice.
  • Divide among ( ভাগ করা (দুইয়ের অধিক) ) Divide the mangoes among the boys.
  • Esteem for ( শ্রদ্ধা ) He has esteem for the superiors.
  • Cure of ( আরগ্য হওয়া ) He will be cured of the disease very soon.
  • Make out ( বুঝতে পারা ) I cannot make out what you say.
  • Hard at ( উদ্যমী ) He is hard at work before examination.

Idioms:

  • In time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) He reached the station in time.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • Book worm ( গ্রন্থকীট ) Don't be a book worm.
  • Take to one's heels ( ছুটিয়া পালানো ) The thieves took to their heels to see the police.
  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.
  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.