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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Prohibit from ( বারণ করা ) I prohibited him from going there.
  • Addicted to ( আসক্ত ) He is addicted to separate.
  • Late in ( দেরি ) Why are you so late in coming?
  • Trust to ( বিশ্বাস করা (ব্যক্তি) ) You may trust the work to me.
  • Assign to ( নির্দিষ্ট করে দেওয়া ) He assigned the task to me.
  • Die of ( মারা যাওয়া (রোগ) ) He died of cholera.

Idioms:

  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • pulling your leg ( কৌতক করা ) Do not take it seriously, i was just pulling you leg
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.
  • host in himself ( একাই একশ )
  • All but ( প্রায় ) The poor villagers are all but ruined.