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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Faith in ( বিশ্বাস ) I have no faith in him.
  • Good at ( দক্ষ ) He is good at tennis.
  • Adjacent to ( সংলগ্ন ) Her college is adjacent to her house.
  • Long for ( কামনা করা ) He longed for fame.
  • Pity for ( করুণা ) Have pity for the poor.
  • Confident to ( আবদ্ধ (শয্যা) ) He is confined to bed.

Idioms:

  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.
  • To the letter ( অক্ষরে অক্ষরে ) He followed my advice to the letter.
  • Part and parcel ( অবিচ্ছেদ্য অংশ ) Discipline is part and parcel of administration.
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.