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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Enquire of ( অনুসন্ধান করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He enquired of me into the matter.
  • Useful for ( প্রয়োজনীয় (উদ্দেশ্য) ) This book is useful to us for examination.
  • Think over ( চিন্তা করা (কোনকিছু) ) Think carefully over his advice.
  • Devote to ( উৎসর্গ করা ) He devotes much time to study.
  • Prior to ( পূর্বে ) Prior to that, he was in a wretched condition.
  • Depend on ( নির্ভর করা ) Success depends on hard work.

Idioms:

  • Now and then ( মাঝে মাঝে ) He comes here now and then.
  • Bone of contention ( বিবাদের বিষয় ) The paternal property is the bone of contention between the two brothers.
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.
  • Slip of the tongue ( বলায় সামান্য ভুল ) This is a slip of the tongue, don't lay much stress on it.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.