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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Live on ( খেয়ে বাঁচা ) The cow lives on grass.
  • Rest with ( নির্ভর করা ; বিশ্বাসস্থাপন করা ) The whole matter rests with you.
  • Quick of ( চটপটে ) He is quick of understanding.
  • Divide between ( ভাগ করা (দুটি বা দুজন) ) Divide the apple between Raqib and Shafique.
  • Sensitive to ( সংবেদনশীল ) She is sensitive to cold.
  • Rejoice at ( আনন্দ করা ) Every one rejoiced at her success.

Idioms:

  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.
  • Hard nut to crack ( কঠিন সমস্যা ) The problem of adult education is really a hard nut to crack.
  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • Out of date ( অপ্রচলিত ) This fashion is now out of date.