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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Restore to ( ফিরিয়ে দেওয়া ) Restore his property to him.
  • Look for ( খোঁজা ) I am looking for a good job.
  • Encroach on ( অনধিকার প্রবেশ করা ) Do not encroach on my land.
  • Live on ( খেয়ে বাঁচা ) The cow lives on grass.
  • Consist of ( গঠিত হওয়া ) This class consists of fifty boys and thirty girls.
  • Hope for ( আশা করা ) Let us hope for the best.

Idioms:

  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • Slip of the tongue ( বলায় সামান্য ভুল ) This is a slip of the tongue, don't lay much stress on it.
  • clever hit ( কথার মতন কথা )
  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.