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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Polite in ( নম্র ) He is polite in his manners. (Polite to strangers).
  • Cope with ( সামলানো ) I cannot cope with the situation.
  • Mad with ( উন্মাদ প্রায় ) He is mad with pain.
  • Essential to ( অত্যাবশ্যক ) Food is essential to health.
  • Retire from ( অবসর লওয়া ) He retired from service on a pension.
  • Differ from ( ভিন্নরূপ হওয়া ) This thing differs from that.

Idioms:

  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • Call in question ( সন্দেহ করা ) No one can call his honesty in question.
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • Weal and woe ( সুখ-দুঃখ ) Human life is full of weal and woe.
  • Out of date ( অপ্রচলিত ) This fashion is now out of date.
  • put the cart before the horse ( স্বাভাবিক অবস্থা উলটাইয়া দেওয়া ; অস্বাভাবিক অবস্থা পরিণত করা )