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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Glance at ( চোখ বুলিয়ে নেওয়া ) He glanced at me casually.
  • Weary of ( ক্লান্ত ) He is weary of hard life.
  • Deaf of ( বধির ) He is deaf of one ear.
  • Abound in ( প্রচুর পরিমাণে থাকা ) Fish abounds in this river.
  • Senior to ( বয়সে বড়, উচ্চপদস্থ ) He is senior to me by four years.
  • Ashamed of ( লজ্জিত ) He is not ashamed of his conduct.

Idioms:

  • Gift of the gab ( বাককটুতা ) An advocate should have the gift of the gab.
  • Rank and file ( সাধারণ লোক ) We should pay attention to the rank and file of the country.
  • By no means ( কোন ভাবেই না ) I shall by no means call on him.
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • By chance ( দৈবাৎ ) I met him on the way by chance.
  • A bed of roses thorns ( কন্টকময় জীবন ) Life is nothing but a bed of roses.