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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Divert from ( অন্যদিকে নেওয়া ) The loud music diverted my attention from study.
  • Confident to ( আবদ্ধ (শয্যা) ) He is confined to bed.
  • Blind to ( দোষের প্রতি অন্ধ ) He is blind to his won faults.
  • Liking for ( রুচি ) She has a liking for music.
  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.
  • Senior to ( বয়সে বড়, উচ্চপদস্থ ) He is senior to me by four years.

Idioms:

  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • All on a sudden ( হঠাৎ ) All on a sudden a tiger came out of the bush.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • the exact point ( কাঁটায়-কাঁটায় )
  • Call in question ( সন্দেহ করা ) No one can call his honesty in question.