"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.
  • Plead for ( ওকালতি করা (কোনকিছু) ) I pleaded with him for justice (against the wrong done to me).
  • Divide into ( বিভক্ত করা (অংশ) ) It was divided into several parts.
  • Appeal for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He appealed for pardon.
  • Complain to ( অভিযোগ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) The complained to the Director against the Manager about her behavior.
  • Smell of ( গন্ধ দেয় ) This glass smells of wine.

Idioms:

  • In no time ( শীঘ্র ) He will finish the work in no time.
  • Head and ears ( সম্পূর্ণরূপে ) He is over head and ears in debt.
  • Square meal ( পেট ভরা আহার ) He is too poor to have a square meal every day.
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • Slip of the tongue ( বলায় সামান্য ভুল ) This is a slip of the tongue, don't lay much stress on it.
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.