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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.
  • Quarrel with ( কলহ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) They quarreled with one another for the property.
  • Delight in ( আনন্দ ) He takes delight in music.
  • Consist of ( গঠিত হওয়া ) This class consists of fifty boys and thirty girls.
  • Essential to ( অত্যাবশ্যক ) Food is essential to health.
  • Compete for ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন কিছু) ) He competed for the first position.

Idioms:

  • Bone of contention ( বিবাদের বিষয় ) The paternal property is the bone of contention between the two brothers.
  • Burning question ( তীব্র বিতর্কের বিষয় ) The problem of the dowry system is the burning question of the day.
  • Lion's share ( সিংহভাগ ) He took the lion's share of the profit.
  • At home ( দক্ষ ) He is at home in mathematics.
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • reap the harvest of sin ( কর্ম ভোগ করা )