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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Depend on ( নির্ভর করা ) Success depends on hard work.
  • Refer to ( বিচারার্থে পাঠানো ) Refer the matter to him for enquiry.
  • Prefer to ( অধিক পছন্দ করা ) I prefer coffee to tea.
  • Kind to ( সদয় ) She is very kind to the children.
  • Eager about ( আগ্রহী ) He is eager about the result.
  • Weak in ( কাঁচা ) He is weak in Mathematics.

Idioms:

  • harp on the same string ( এক কথা বারবার বলা )
  • Cock and bull story ( গাঁজাখুরি গল্প ) Nobody will believe your cock and bull story
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.
  • clever hit ( কথার মতন কথা )
  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.