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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Make for ( অগ্রসর হওয়া ) The ship made for England.
  • Hard of ( কম শোনা ) He is hard of hearing.
  • Blind to ( দোষের প্রতি অন্ধ ) He is blind to his won faults.
  • Acquit of ( খালাস দেওয়া ) High court acquit him of the charge.
  • Jump to ( তাড়াহুড়ো করে সিদ্ধান্তে আসা ) Do not jump to a conclusion without much thinking.
  • Due to ( কারণে ) His absence is due to illness.

Idioms:

  • when pigs fly ( কখনও না ) I will help you when pigs fly
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • Part and parcel ( অবিচ্ছেদ্য অংশ ) Discipline is part and parcel of administration.
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • Take to one's heels ( ছুটিয়া পালানো ) The thieves took to their heels to see the police.
  • reinvent the wheel ( এমন কোনকিছু তৈরিতে সময় নষ্ট করা যা বর্তমানে বিদ্যমান ও ঠিকঠাক কাজ করে ) There's no point in us reinventing the wheel