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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Restrict to ( সীমাবব্ধ করা ) Admission was restricted to students.
  • Partiality for ( পক্ষপাত দুষ্ট ) He has no Partiality for his son.
  • Tide over ( অতিক্রম করা ) He will soon tide over the difficulty.
  • Prompt in ( চটপটে (উত্তর) ) He is prompt in his answer.
  • Engaged in ( নিযুক্ত (কাজে) ) I was engaged with him in talk.
  • Live by ( কোন উপায়ে বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives by honest means.

Idioms:

  • word of no implication ( কথার কথা )
  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home
  • be on ones back ( একেবারে কুপোকাত )
  • a rotten apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few rotten apples.
  • be bad at ( দক্ষ না হওয়া )
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.