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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Due to ( কারণে ) His absence is due to illness.
  • Rejoice at ( আনন্দ করা ) Every one rejoiced at her success.
  • Look after ( দেখাশোনা করা ) There is none to look after her.
  • Prompt at ( চটপটে (ব্যক্তিত্ব) ) He is prompt at figures.
  • Quick of ( চটপটে ) He is quick of understanding.
  • Clue to ( সূত্র ) Find out the clue to the mystery.

Idioms:

  • Burning question ( তীব্র বিতর্কের বিষয় ) The problem of the dowry system is the burning question of the day.
  • Hard and fast ( বাঁধা ধরা ) There is no such hard and fast rule in this matter.
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • At one’s own sweet will ( খুশি মতো ) He still does it at his own sweet will.
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.