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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Replace with another ( পরিবর্তন করা (একটি জিনিস) ) Replace this chair with new one.
  • Opposite to ( বিপরীত ) Your idea is opposite to mine.
  • Listen to ( শোনা ) Listen to the news on the radio.
  • Attend on ( সেবা করা ) She attends on her mother.
  • Access to ( প্রবেশ অধিকার ) Public has no access to this area.
  • Prior to ( পূর্বে ) Prior to that, he was in a wretched condition.

Idioms:

  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • At a loss ( হতবু্দ্ধি ; কিংকর্তব্যবিমূঢ় ) He was at a loss and did not know what to do.
  • Bird of a feather ( এক রকম স্বভাবের লোক ) Birds of a feather flock together.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • Bring to book ( শাস্তি দেওয়া ) He should be brought to book for his misconduct.