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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Confident to ( আবদ্ধ (শয্যা) ) He is confined to bed.
  • Lacking in ( অভাব আছে এমন ) He is lacking in courage.
  • Quick at ( চটপটে ) He is quick at figures.
  • Compete for ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন কিছু) ) He competed for the first position.
  • Cure of ( আরগ্য হওয়া ) He will be cured of the disease very soon.
  • Confined in ( আবদ্ধ (কক্ষ) ) He is confined in a room for five days.

Idioms:

  • Stone's throw ( অতি নিকটে ) Our school is at a stone's throw form our house.
  • In time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) He reached the station in time.
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • A black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) Tom is a black sheep in their family
  • By all means ( সবর্প্রকার ) Try to do it by all means.
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.