"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).
  • Inquire about ( অনুসন্ধান করা (কোন ব্যপার) ) I inquired of him about (into) the matter.
  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Equal to ( সমতুল্য (কাজ) ) He rose equal to the occasion.
  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.
  • Diffident of ( সন্দিগ্ধ ) I am diffident of success.

Idioms:

  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • By hook or by crook ( যে কোন উপায়ে ) You must do this work by hook or by crook.
  • Build castles in the air ( আকাশ কুসুম চিন্তা করা ) Don't idle away your time in building castles in the air.
  • Out of date ( অপ্রচলিত ) This fashion is now out of date.
  • Far and wide ( সর্বত্র ) His fame as a scholar spread far and wide
  • In vain ( বৃথা ) All his attempts were in vain.