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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Die for ( মারা যাওয়া (কারণ) ) He died for his country.
  • Divide among ( ভাগ করা (দুইয়ের অধিক) ) Divide the mangoes among the boys.
  • Lay by ( সঞ্চয় করা ) Lay by something for the old age.
  • Contribute to ( দান হিসাবে দেওয়া ) He contributed one thousand taka to the Flood Relief Fund.
  • Enter into ( প্রবেশ করা ) He entered into the room.
  • Lacking in ( অভাব আছে এমন ) He is lacking in courage.

Idioms:

  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.
  • In order to ( উদ্দেশ্য ) He came here in order to meet my mother.
  • Apple of discord ( বিবাদেয় বিষয় ) The paternal property has become an apple of discord between the two brothers.
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.
  • to the bad ( মন্দাবস্থায় ; ঘাটতি অবস্থায় )
  • By chance ( দৈবাৎ ) I met him on the way by chance.