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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.
  • Confident to ( আবদ্ধ (শয্যা) ) He is confined to bed.
  • Quick of ( চটপটে ) He is quick of understanding.
  • Live beyond ( বাঁচা ) He lives beyond his means.
  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.
  • Weak of ( দূর্বল ) He is weak of understanding.

Idioms:

  • Tooth and nail ( তীব্রভাবে ) He fought tooth and nail against his enemy.
  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • All but ( প্রায় ) The poor villagers are all but ruined.
  • In no time ( শীঘ্র ) He will finish the work in no time.