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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Congratulate on ( অভিনন্দিত করা ) I congratulate you on your success.
  • Inferior to ( নিকৃষ্ট ; হীন ) He is inferior to his neighbour.
  • Prior to ( পূর্বে ) Prior to that, he was in a wretched condition.
  • Slow of ( ধীর ) He is slow of speech. He is slow at figures. He is slow in writing.
  • Obsessed with ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is obsessed with the idea.
  • Weak in ( কাঁচা ) He is weak in Mathematics.

Idioms:

  • Call a spade a spade ( অপ্রিয় সত্য কথা বলা ) I have no hesitation to call a spade a spade.
  • At a loss ( হতবু্দ্ধি ; কিংকর্তব্যবিমূঢ় ) He was at a loss and did not know what to do.
  • Wild goose chase ( পন্ডশ্রম ) Do not waste time in wild goose chase.
  • At one’s own sweet will ( খুশি মতো ) He still does it at his own sweet will.
  • All at once ( হঠাৎ ) All at once a tiger came out of the forest.
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.