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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Addicted to ( আসক্ত ) He is addicted to separate.
  • Preside over ( সভাপতিত্ব করা ) He presided over the meeting.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Impose on ( চাপানো ) The task was imposed on him.
  • Hope for ( আশা করা ) Let us hope for the best.
  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.

Idioms:

  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.
  • Steer clear of ( এড়াইয়া চলা ) You must steer clear of evil company.
  • A bed of roses thorns ( কন্টকময় জীবন ) Life is nothing but a bed of roses.
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • Crying need ( জরুরী প্রয়োজন ) Mass education is the crying need of Bangladesh.
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.