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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Absorbed in ( নিবিষ্ট ; মগ্ন ) Scientist is absorbed in experiment
  • Afraid of ( ভীত ) I am not afraid of ghosts.
  • Quick of ( চটপটে ) He is quick of understanding.
  • Divide among ( ভাগ করা (দুইয়ের অধিক) ) Divide the mangoes among the boys.
  • Divide into ( বিভক্ত করা (অংশ) ) It was divided into several parts.
  • Inquire of ( অনুসন্ধান করা (ব্যক্তি) ) I inquired of him about the matter.

Idioms:

  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )
  • Gala Day ( উৎসবের দিন ) The 15th August is a gala day to the Indians.
  • Bag and baggage ( তল্পিতল্পাসহ ) He left the place bag and baggage.
  • Take to one's heels ( ছুটিয়া পালানো ) The thieves took to their heels to see the police.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • bad faith ( বিশ্বাসঘাতকতা )