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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Plead for ( ওকালতি করা (কোনকিছু) ) I pleaded with him for justice (against the wrong done to me).
  • Part from ( বিচ্ছিন্ন হওয়া (ব্যক্তি) ) He parted form his friend.
  • Displeased with ( অসন্তুষ্ট ) I am displeased with him at his conduct.
  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.
  • in favour of ( পক্ষে ) He spoke in favour of his friend.
  • Agree to ( একমত হওয়া (প্রস্তাব) ) I can't agree to the proposals.

Idioms:

  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • the exact point ( কাঁটায়-কাঁটায় )
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.