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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Look over ( পরীক্ষা করা ) He is looking over the answer papers.
  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.
  • Grateful to ( কৃতজ্ঞ (ব্যক্তি) ) I am grateful to you for your help.
  • Quick of ( চটপটে ) He is quick of understanding.
  • Slow of ( ধীর ) He is slow of speech. He is slow at figures. He is slow in writing.
  • Prior to ( পূর্বে ) Prior to that, he was in a wretched condition.

Idioms:

  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • Cock and bull story ( গাঁজাখুরি গল্প ) Nobody will believe your cock and bull story
  • Gift of the gab ( বাককটুতা ) An advocate should have the gift of the gab.
  • Bag and baggage ( তল্পিতল্পাসহ ) He left the place bag and baggage.
  • Square meal ( পেট ভরা আহার ) He is too poor to have a square meal every day.
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.