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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Tolerant of ( সহিষ্ণু ) We must be tolerant of opposition.
  • Beware of ( সতর্ক হওয়া ) Beware of pick-pockets.
  • Jump to ( তাড়াহুড়ো করে সিদ্ধান্তে আসা ) Do not jump to a conclusion without much thinking.
  • Based on ( ভিত্তি থাকা ) Your remarks were not based on the facts.
  • Ashamed for ( লজ্জিত ) I feel ashamed for you.
  • Pass for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) He passes for a clever man.

Idioms:

  • All at once ( হঠাৎ ) All at once a tiger came out of the forest.
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.
  • feather ones nest ( কাজ গুছিয়ে নেওয়া )
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • in the doldrums ( উদাসীন ভাবাপন্ন )