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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Listen to ( শোনা ) Listen to the news on the radio.
  • Require of ( প্রয়োজন হওয়া (কোন কিছু) ) I required a loan of him.
  • Escape from ( পলায়ন করা ) The prisoner escaped from the jail.
  • Angry with ( রাগান্বিত (ব্যক্তি) ) He is angry with me for speaking against him.
  • Confident of ( স্থির বিশ্বাসী ) I am confident of success.
  • Sanguine of ( নিশ্চিত ) She is sanguine of her success.

Idioms:

  • In black and white ( লিখিতভাবে ) Put down the statement in black and white.
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • Cats and dogs ( মূষল ধারে ) It was raining cats and dogs.
  • Slip of the pen ( লেখায় অসতর্কতাবশতঃ সামান্য ভুল ) This mistake is due to a slip of the pen.
  • From hand to mouth ( দিন আনে দিন খায় ) The poor man lives form hand to mouth.