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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Adjacent to ( সংলগ্ন ) Her college is adjacent to her house.
  • Yield to ( আত্মসমর্পণ করা ) He Yielded to his enemy.
  • Polite in ( নম্র ) He is polite in his manners. (Polite to strangers).
  • Disgusted with ( বিরক্ত ) I am disgusted with him at his conduct.
  • Superior to ( উৎকৃষ্টতর ) This type of rice is superior to that.
  • Smell of ( গন্ধ দেয় ) This glass smells of wine.

Idioms:

  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • Ins and outs ( খুঁটিনাটি সব কিছু ) I know the ins and outs of the matter.
  • Black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) He is a black sheep in his family.
  • End in smoke ( ব্যর্থ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.
  • word of no implication ( কথার কথা )
  • Household word ( সকলের পরিচিত নাম ) Mother Teresa's name has now become a household word.