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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Opposite to ( বিপরীত ) Your idea is opposite to mine.
  • Listen to ( শোনা ) Listen to the news on the radio.
  • Capacity for ( যোগ্যতা ) He has a capacity for hard work.
  • Differ on ( ভিন্ন মত হওয়া (ব্যপার) ) I differ with you on this point.
  • Mad with ( উন্মাদ প্রায় ) He is mad with pain.
  • Greed for ( লোভ ) He has no greed for wealth.

Idioms:

  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • Achilles heel ( দুর্বলতা বা ত্রুটি ) He is trying to hide but everybody knows his achilles' heel
  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.
  • Come to light ( প্রকাশিত হওয়া ) Their private talk has come to light at last.
  • At least ( অন্ততঃ ) At least one hundred boys will come to school today.