"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.
  • Agree with ( একমত হওয়া (ব্যক্তি) ) I agree with you on this point
  • Parallel to ( সমান্তরাল ) This line is parallel to that.
  • Compare to ( তুলনা করা (অসদৃশ বস্তু) ) Anger is compared to fire.
  • Respect of ( সম্বন্ধে ) He is junior to me in respect of service.
  • Differ in ( ভিন্ন মত হওয়া (মতামত) ) They differ in their opinions.

Idioms:

  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.
  • Square meal ( পেট ভরা আহার ) He is too poor to have a square meal every day.
  • In fine ( পরিশেষ ) In fine he declared his plan.
  • Take to one's heels ( ছুটিয়া পালানো ) The thieves took to their heels to see the police.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • Hard and fast ( বাঁধা ধরা ) There is no such hard and fast rule in this matter.