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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Grateful to ( কৃতজ্ঞ (ব্যক্তি) ) I am grateful to you for your help.
  • Hanker after ( লালায়িত হওয়া ) Do not hanker after wealth.
  • Displeased at ( অসন্তুষ্ট ) I am displeased with him at his conduct.
  • Opposite to ( বিপরীত ) Your idea is opposite to mine.
  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Make out ( বুঝতে পারা ) I cannot make out what you say.

Idioms:

  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • harp on the same string ( এক কথা বারবার বলা )
  • At large ( স্বাধীন ) The anti-socials are still at large.
  • In force ( বলবৎ ) This law is in force now.
  • Nip in the bud ( অঙ্কুরে বিনষ্ট করা ) All his hopes were nipped in the bud.
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.