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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Respect of ( সম্বন্ধে ) He is junior to me in respect of service.
  • Obsessed by ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is obsessed by the idea.
  • Divert from ( অন্যদিকে নেওয়া ) The loud music diverted my attention from study.
  • Jump to ( তাড়াহুড়ো করে সিদ্ধান্তে আসা ) Do not jump to a conclusion without much thinking.
  • Aloof from ( দূরে থাকা ) Keep yourself aloof from bad company.
  • Burst out ( ফেটে পড়া ) He burst out laughing at my joke.

Idioms:

  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • At large ( স্বাধীন ) The anti-socials are still at large.
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • Bosom friend ( অন্তরঙ্গ বন্ধু ) Rifat is my bosom friend.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.