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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • False to ( মিথ্যাবাদী ) I cannot be false to my friend.
  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Alternative to ( বিকল্প ) This question is alternative to that.
  • Entitled to ( অধিকারী ) He is entitled to a reward for his honesty.
  • Smell of ( গন্ধ দেয় ) This glass smells of wine.
  • Die by ( মারা যাওয়া (বিষ) ) He died by poison.

Idioms:

  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.
  • At arm’s length ( দূরে ) Try to keep the bad boy at arm’s length.
  • Call to mind ( স্মরণ করা ) I cannot call to mind your name.
  • Call a spade a spade ( অপ্রিয় সত্য কথা বলা ) I have no hesitation to call a spade a spade.
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • Chip of the old block ( বাপকা বেটা ) He is a chip of the old black.