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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Hard at ( উদ্যমী ) He is hard at work before examination.
  • Acquainted with ( পরিচিত ) I am acquainted with her.
  • Look up ( শব্দার্থ খোঁজা ) Look up the word in the dictionary.
  • Good at ( দক্ষ ) He is good at tennis.
  • Useful to ( প্রয়োজনীয় (ব্যক্তি) ) This book is useful to us for examination.
  • Differ with ( ভিন্ন মত হওয়া (ব্যক্তি) ) I differ with you on this point.

Idioms:

  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • Bone of contention ( বিবাদের বিষয় ) The paternal property is the bone of contention between the two brothers.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.
  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.