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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Divide among ( ভাগ করা (দুইয়ের অধিক) ) Divide the mangoes among the boys.
  • Accompanied by ( সঙ্গী হওয়া ) He was accompanied by his father.
  • Lay by ( সঞ্চয় করা ) Lay by something for the old age.
  • Responsible to ( দায়ী (প্রাধিকার) ) He is responsible to the committee for his action.
  • Capacity for ( যোগ্যতা ) He has a capacity for hard work.
  • Aim at ( লক্ষ্য করা ) He aimed his gun at he bird.

Idioms:

  • A rainy day ( দুর্দিন ) Everybody should save something for rainy day.
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • Red tape ( লাল ফিতার বাঁধন ; আমলাতান্ত্রিকতা ) Red tapism causes delay in official work.
  • In cold blood ( ঠান্ডা মাথায় ) They committed this murder in cold blood.
  • Bone of contention ( বিবাদের বিষয় ) The paternal property is the bone of contention between the two brothers.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.