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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Search for ( অনুসন্ধান ) Their search for the thing was of no avail.
  • Quick of ( চটপটে ) He is quick of understanding.
  • Envy of ( ঈর্ষা ) I have no envy of him.
  • Impose on ( চাপানো ) The task was imposed on him.
  • Deaf to ( শুনতে অনিচ্ছুক ) He is deaf to my request.
  • Dull of ( বোধশক্তিহীন ) He is dull of understanding.

Idioms:

  • Head and ears ( সম্পূর্ণরূপে ) He is over head and ears in debt.
  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • bell the cat ( সর্তকতার জন্য বিড়ালের গলায় ঘন্টা বাধা ; কোন কাজ যেটা অর্জন করা কঠিন বা অসম্ভব ) Everybody is trying but who actually bell the cat?
  • Call a spade a spade ( অপ্রিয় সত্য কথা বলা ) I have no hesitation to call a spade a spade.
  • Above board ( সংশয়হীন ভাবে নির্দোষ ) His activities are open and above board.