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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Aim at ( লক্ষ্য করা ) He aimed his gun at he bird.
  • Close to ( নিকটে ) The school is very close to our house.
  • Parallel to ( সমান্তরাল ) This line is parallel to that.
  • Alternative to ( বিকল্প ) This question is alternative to that.
  • Die for ( মারা যাওয়া (কারণ) ) He died for his country.
  • Rest with ( নির্ভর করা ; বিশ্বাসস্থাপন করা ) The whole matter rests with you.

Idioms:

  • Kith and kin ( নিকট আত্মীয় ) He has no good relationship with his kith and kin.
  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.
  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • throw dust in ones hands full ( কারো চোখে ধূলো দেওয়া )
  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather