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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Respect to ( সম্বন্ধে ) We are talking with respect to that matter.
  • Add to ( যোগ করা ) Add this to that.
  • Consist of ( গঠিত হওয়া ) This class consists of fifty boys and thirty girls.
  • Pass for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) He passes for a clever man.
  • Ashamed for ( লজ্জিত ) I feel ashamed for you.
  • Jump to ( তাড়াহুড়ো করে সিদ্ধান্তে আসা ) Do not jump to a conclusion without much thinking.

Idioms:

  • Black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) He is a black sheep in his family.
  • Bed of roses ( আরামদায়ক অবস্থা ) Life is not a bed of roses.
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • hold your horses ( সবুর করা ; ধৈর্য ধরা ) Hold your horses in trouble, you will get your reward.
  • Hush money ( ঘুষ ) He offered a hush money to suppress the murder.
  • Lame excuse ( বাজে গুজব ) This lame excuse will to do.