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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Rejoice at ( আনন্দ করা ) Every one rejoiced at her success.
  • Parallel to ( সমান্তরাল ) This line is parallel to that.
  • Greed for ( লোভ ) He has no greed for wealth.
  • Opposite to ( বিপরীত ) Your idea is opposite to mine.
  • Divide among ( ভাগ করা (দুইয়ের অধিক) ) Divide the mangoes among the boys.
  • Die in ( মারা যাওয়া (শান্তি) ) Let me die in peace.

Idioms:

  • Carry the day ( জয়লাভ করা ) Rajib, the best player of the school, carried the day in the annual sports.
  • put the cart before the horse ( স্বাভাবিক অবস্থা উলটাইয়া দেওয়া ; অস্বাভাবিক অবস্থা পরিণত করা )
  • Call in question ( সন্দেহ করা ) No one can call his honesty in question.
  • Hard and fast ( বাঁধা ধরা ) There is no such hard and fast rule in this matter.
  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )
  • In lieu of ( পরিবর্তে ) Give me this pen in lieu of that.