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Appropriate Preposition:
- Affectionate to ( স্নেহশীল ) He is affectionate to me.
- Polite in ( নম্র ) He is polite in his manners. (Polite to strangers).
- Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.
- Vary from ( আলাদা হওয়া ) His opinion varies from his brother's.
- Zealous for ( আগ্রহী ) He is zealous for improvement.
- Compete with ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন একজন) ) I competed with him for the first prize.
Idioms:
- Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
- Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
- At large ( স্বাধীন ) The anti-socials are still at large.
- Turn a deaf ear to ( মনোযোগ না দেওয়া ) He turned a deaf ear to my proposal.
- A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
- A rainy day ( দুর্দিন ) Everybody should save something for rainy day.