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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Key to ( সমাধানের উপায় ) He has found out the key to his problem.
  • Guess at ( অনুমান করা ) Can you guess at her age?
  • Divide between ( ভাগ করা (দুটি বা দুজন) ) Divide the apple between Raqib and Shafique.
  • Faith in ( বিশ্বাস ) I have no faith in him.
  • Adjacent to ( সংলগ্ন ) Her college is adjacent to her house.
  • Parallel to ( সমান্তরাল ) This line is parallel to that.

Idioms:

  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.
  • Cats and dogs ( মূষল ধারে ) It was raining cats and dogs.
  • By hook or by crook ( যে কোন উপায়ে ) You must do this work by hook or by crook.
  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • but me no buts ( কিন্তু কিন্তু করো না )
  • Weal and woe ( সুখ-দুঃখ ) Human life is full of weal and woe.