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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Divide between ( ভাগ করা (দুটি বা দুজন) ) Divide the apple between Raqib and Shafique.
  • Invite to ( নিমন্ত্রণ করা ) I invited him to dinner.
  • Busy with ( ব্যস্ত ) He is busy with his studies.
  • Mourn over ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn over the dead.
  • Envy of ( ঈর্ষা ) I have no envy of him.
  • Rid of ( মুক্ত হওয়া ) Get rid of bad company.

Idioms:

  • Rank and file ( সাধারণ লোক ) We should pay attention to the rank and file of the country.
  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • In cold blood ( ঠান্ডা মাথায় ) They committed this murder in cold blood.
  • By no means ( কোন ভাবেই না ) I shall by no means call on him.