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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Comply with ( মেনে নেওয়া ) I shall comply with your request.
  • Talk to ( কথা বলা (ব্যক্তি) ) I am talking to (with) Mr. Roy.
  • Interest in ( আগ্রহ ) He has a special interest in history.
  • Die in ( মারা যাওয়া (শান্তি) ) Let me die in peace.
  • Alarmed at ( আতঙ্কিত ) We were alarmed at he news.
  • Useful to ( প্রয়োজনীয় (ব্যক্তি) ) This book is useful to us for examination.

Idioms:

  • In black and white ( লিখিতভাবে ) Put down the statement in black and white.
  • Burning question ( তীব্র বিতর্কের বিষয় ) The problem of the dowry system is the burning question of the day.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • queer go ( অদ্ভুত ব্যপার )
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • Above board ( সংশয়হীন ভাবে নির্দোষ ) His activities are open and above board.