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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Mourn over ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn over the dead.
  • Count for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) His advice counts for nothing.
  • Superior to ( উৎকৃষ্টতর ) This type of rice is superior to that.
  • Enquire into ( অনুসন্ধান করা (কোন ব্যপার) ) He enquired of me into the matter.
  • Fatal to ( মারাত্মক ) he doctor's mistake proved fatal to his life.
  • Open at ( উন্মুক্ত করা বা খোলা ) Open at page 20 of English book.

Idioms:

  • In the long run ( পরিশেষে ) You will have to suffer in the long run.
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • vile sycophant ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • Come off with flying colours ( জয়লাভ করা ) Our School team came off with flying colours.
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • Wild goose chase ( পন্ডশ্রম ) Do not waste time in wild goose chase.