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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Burst out ( ফেটে পড়া ) He burst out laughing at my joke.
  • Essential to ( অত্যাবশ্যক ) Food is essential to health.
  • Compare to ( তুলনা করা (অসদৃশ বস্তু) ) Anger is compared to fire.
  • Disgrace to ( কলঙ্ক ) He is disgrace to his family.
  • Respond to ( উত্তর দেওয়া ) Nobody responded to my call.
  • Plead for ( ওকালতি করা (কোনকিছু) ) I pleaded with him for justice (against the wrong done to me).

Idioms:

  • Out of temper ( ক্রুদ্ধ ) He is out of temper now.
  • In fine ( পরিশেষ ) In fine he declared his plan.
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • At one’s own sweet will ( খুশি মতো ) He still does it at his own sweet will.
  • put the cart before the horse ( স্বাভাবিক অবস্থা উলটাইয়া দেওয়া ; অস্বাভাবিক অবস্থা পরিণত করা )
  • As usual ( যথারীতি ) He is late as usual.