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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Pleased at ( সন্তুষ্ট (কোনকিছু) ) I am pleased at the news.
  • Divide into ( বিভক্ত করা (অংশ) ) It was divided into several parts.
  • Look after ( দেখাশোনা করা ) There is none to look after her.
  • Deprived of ( বঞ্চিত ) He was deprived of his property.
  • Late in ( দেরি ) Why are you so late in coming?
  • Pride on ( গর্ব করা ) He prides himself on his high birth.

Idioms:

  • Die in harness ( কর্মরত অবস্থায় মারা যাওয়া ) Dr. Sen died in harness.
  • Build castles in the air ( আকাশ কুসুম চিন্তা করা ) Don't idle away your time in building castles in the air.
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • Burning question ( তীব্র বিতর্কের বিষয় ) The problem of the dowry system is the burning question of the day.
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • Cock and bull story ( গাঁজাখুরি গল্প ) Nobody will believe your cock and bull story