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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Overcome by ( দমন করা ) He was overcome by anger.
  • Add to ( যোগ করা ) Add this to that.
  • Ignorant of ( অজ্ঞ ) He is ignorant of this rule.
  • Come of ( জন্মগ্রহণ করা ) He comes of a noble family.
  • Divide between ( ভাগ করা (দুটি বা দুজন) ) Divide the apple between Raqib and Shafique.
  • Close to ( নিকটে ) The school is very close to our house.

Idioms:

  • Hard nut to crack ( কঠিন সমস্যা ) The problem of adult education is really a hard nut to crack.
  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.
  • At a low ebb ( নিম্নমুখী ) His fame is at a low ebb now.
  • At all ( আদৌ ) He does not know French at all.
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )