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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Lame of ( খোঁড়া ) He is lame of one leg.
  • Differ on ( ভিন্ন মত হওয়া (ব্যপার) ) I differ with you on this point.
  • Overcome with ( দমন করা ) He was overcome with fatigue.
  • Adjacent to ( সংলগ্ন ) Her college is adjacent to her house.
  • Useful to ( প্রয়োজনীয় (ব্যক্তি) ) This book is useful to us for examination.
  • Bent on ( ঝোঁক ) He is bent on playing cricket.

Idioms:

  • Out of sorts ( ঈষৎ অসুস্থ ) He is out of sorts now.
  • the exact point ( কাঁটায়-কাঁটায় )
  • Die in harness ( কর্মরত অবস্থায় মারা যাওয়া ) Dr. Sen died in harness.
  • Hard and fast ( বাঁধা ধরা ) There is no such hard and fast rule in this matter.
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.