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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Attend on ( সেবা করা ) She attends on her mother.
  • Succeed in ( সাফল্য লাভ করা ) He will succeed in life.
  • Satisfied with ( সন্তুষ্ট ) I am satisfied with him or I am satisfied of the truth.
  • Pleased at ( সন্তুষ্ট (কোনকিছু) ) I am pleased at the news.
  • Divide among ( ভাগ করা (দুইয়ের অধিক) ) Divide the mangoes among the boys.
  • Live by ( কোন উপায়ে বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives by honest means.

Idioms:

  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather
  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )
  • Out of temper ( ক্রুদ্ধ ) He is out of temper now.
  • End in smoke ( ব্যর্থ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • ABC ( প্রাথমিক জ্ঞান ) Everybody must know at least the ABC of religion.