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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Devote to ( উৎসর্গ করা ) He devotes much time to study.
  • Remind of ( মনে করিয়ে দেওয়া (কোনকিছু) ) I reminded him of his promise.
  • Preferable to ( অধিক পছন্দযোগ্য ) Death is preferable to dishonor.
  • Marry to ( বিবাহ দেওয়া ) He married his daughter to a rich man.
  • Differ from ( ভিন্নরূপ হওয়া ) This thing differs from that.
  • Due to ( কারণে ) His absence is due to illness.

Idioms:

  • Call a spade a spade ( অপ্রিয় সত্য কথা বলা ) I have no hesitation to call a spade a spade.
  • Set free ( মুক্ত করা ) The prisoners were set free.
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • but me no buts ( কিন্তু কিন্তু করো না )
  • Big gun ( নেতৃস্থানীয় ব্যক্তি ) He is a big gun of our locality.