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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Escape by ( রক্ষা করা ) He escaped by a hair breadth.
  • Divide between ( ভাগ করা (দুটি বা দুজন) ) Divide the apple between Raqib and Shafique.
  • Guess at ( অনুমান করা ) Can you guess at her age?
  • Acquainted with ( পরিচিত ) I am acquainted with her.
  • Conscious of ( সচেতন ) He is conscious of his weakness.
  • Consist of ( গঠিত হওয়া ) This class consists of fifty boys and thirty girls.

Idioms:

  • By chance ( দৈবাৎ ) I met him on the way by chance.
  • Book worm ( গ্রন্থকীট ) Don't be a book worm.
  • To the letter ( অক্ষরে অক্ষরে ) He followed my advice to the letter.
  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.