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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Come of ( জন্মগ্রহণ করা ) He comes of a noble family.
  • Hanker after ( লালায়িত হওয়া ) Do not hanker after wealth.
  • Close to ( নিকটে ) The school is very close to our house.
  • Enter into ( প্রবেশ করা ) He entered into the room.
  • Weak in ( কাঁচা ) He is weak in Mathematics.
  • Due to ( কারণে ) His absence is due to illness.

Idioms:

  • a piece of cake ( খুবই সহজ ) This assignment is a piece of cake
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • At least ( অন্ততঃ ) At least one hundred boys will come to school today.
  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.
  • Call a spade a spade ( অপ্রিয় সত্য কথা বলা ) I have no hesitation to call a spade a spade.