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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Kind to ( সদয় ) She is very kind to the children.
  • According to ( অনুসারে ) According to his order i went there.
  • Lack of ( অভাব ) I have no lack of friends.
  • Dull of ( বোধশক্তিহীন ) He is dull of understanding.
  • Based on ( ভিত্তি থাকা ) Your remarks were not based on the facts.
  • Displeased at ( অসন্তুষ্ট ) I am displeased with him at his conduct.

Idioms:

  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • To the letter ( অক্ষরে অক্ষরে ) He followed my advice to the letter.
  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.
  • Build castles in the air ( আকাশ কুসুম চিন্তা করা ) Don't idle away your time in building castles in the air.
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • Household word ( সকলের পরিচিত নাম ) Mother Teresa's name has now become a household word.