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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Tide over ( অতিক্রম করা ) He will soon tide over the difficulty.
  • Pleased with ( সন্তুষ্ট ) I am pleased with him.
  • Affectionate to ( স্নেহশীল ) He is affectionate to me.
  • Faith in ( বিশ্বাস ) I have no faith in him.
  • Divide among ( ভাগ করা (দুইয়ের অধিক) ) Divide the mangoes among the boys.
  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.

Idioms:

  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.
  • have ones eyes ( কারও হাতে বিস্তর কাজ থাকা )
  • In fine ( পরিশেষ ) In fine he declared his plan.
  • Slip of the pen ( লেখায় অসতর্কতাবশতঃ সামান্য ভুল ) This mistake is due to a slip of the pen.
  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.
  • but me no buts ( কিন্তু কিন্তু করো না )