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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Capable to ( সক্ষম ) He is capable of doing this alone.
  • Die from ( মারা যাওয়া (প্রতিক্রিয়া) ) He died form over-eating.
  • Sensitive to ( সংবেদনশীল ) She is sensitive to cold.
  • Aptitude for ( স্বাভাবিক দক্ষতা ) I have no aptitude for Mathematics.
  • Refer to ( বিচারার্থে পাঠানো ) Refer the matter to him for enquiry.
  • False to ( মিথ্যাবাদী ) I cannot be false to my friend.

Idioms:

  • 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.
  • feather ones nest ( কাজ গুছিয়ে নেওয়া )
  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home