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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Weak in ( কাঁচা ) He is weak in Mathematics.
  • Blind to ( দোষের প্রতি অন্ধ ) He is blind to his won faults.
  • Inferior to ( নিকৃষ্ট ; হীন ) He is inferior to his neighbour.
  • Prone to ( ঝোঁক আছে এমন ) He is prone to idleness.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Die for ( মারা যাওয়া (কারণ) ) He died for his country.

Idioms:

  • clever hit ( কথার মতন কথা )
  • Bird of a feather ( এক রকম স্বভাবের লোক ) Birds of a feather flock together.
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.