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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Prior to ( পূর্বে ) Prior to that, he was in a wretched condition.
  • Die in ( মারা যাওয়া (শান্তি) ) Let me die in peace.
  • Favourable to ( অনুকূল (ব্যক্তি) ) This situation is favourable to me for doing this.
  • Dull of ( বোধশক্তিহীন ) He is dull of understanding.
  • Affectionate to ( স্নেহশীল ) He is affectionate to me.
  • Dispose of ( বিক্রয় করা ) He disposed of his books.

Idioms:

  • set a naught ( কলা দেখানো )
  • Stone's throw ( অতি নিকটে ) Our school is at a stone's throw form our house.
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • in the doldrums ( উদাসীন ভাবাপন্ন )
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.