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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Responsible to ( দায়ী (প্রাধিকার) ) He is responsible to the committee for his action.
  • Aptitude for ( স্বাভাবিক দক্ষতা ) I have no aptitude for Mathematics.
  • Ill with ( অসুস্থ ) He is ill with fever.
  • Jump at ( আগ্রহ সহকারে গ্রহণ করা ) Do not jump at the offer.
  • Encroach on ( অনধিকার প্রবেশ করা ) Do not encroach on my land.
  • Apply for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He applied to the Secretary for the post.

Idioms:

  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • At large ( স্বাধীন ) The anti-socials are still at large.
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • At least ( অন্ততঃ ) At least one hundred boys will come to school today.