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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Quick of ( চটপটে ) He is quick of understanding.
  • Jump to ( তাড়াহুড়ো করে সিদ্ধান্তে আসা ) Do not jump to a conclusion without much thinking.
  • Compete with ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন একজন) ) I competed with him for the first prize.
  • Adjacent to ( সংলগ্ন ) Her college is adjacent to her house.
  • Avail of ( সুযোগ গ্রহণ করা ) You must avail yourself of the business.
  • Disgusted at ( বিরক্ত ) I am disgusted with him at his conduct.

Idioms:

  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • Turn a deaf ear to ( মনোযোগ না দেওয়া ) He turned a deaf ear to my proposal.
  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • Red tape ( লাল ফিতার বাঁধন ; আমলাতান্ত্রিকতা ) Red tapism causes delay in official work.
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.