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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Charge on or against ( অভিযোগ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) Theft was charged on (against) him.
  • Divert from ( অন্যদিকে নেওয়া ) The loud music diverted my attention from study.
  • Angry with ( রাগান্বিত (ব্যক্তি) ) He is angry with me for speaking against him.
  • Inquire about ( অনুসন্ধান করা (কোন ব্যপার) ) I inquired of him about (into) the matter.
  • Late in ( দেরি ) Why are you so late in coming?
  • Hanker after ( লালায়িত হওয়া ) Do not hanker after wealth.

Idioms:

  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • Bed of roses ( আরামদায়ক অবস্থা ) Life is not a bed of roses.
  • Wild goose chase ( পন্ডশ্রম ) Do not waste time in wild goose chase.
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • know from a bare hint ( এক আঁচরেই বোঝা )
  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.