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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Prompt at ( চটপটে (ব্যক্তিত্ব) ) He is prompt at figures.
  • Partial to ( পক্ষপাত দুষ্ট ) He is partial to his son.
  • Greed for ( লোভ ) He has no greed for wealth.
  • Alternative to ( বিকল্প ) This question is alternative to that.
  • Fill with ( পরিপূর্ণ ) This tank is filled with water.
  • Eligible for ( যোগ্য ) He is eligible for the post.

Idioms:

  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • By far ( সর্বাংশে ) He is by far the best boy in the class.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • In one's teens ( তের থেকে উনিশ বছর বয়সের মধ্যে ) She is yet in her teens.
  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.
  • A black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) Tom is a black sheep in their family