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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Offensive to ( বিরক্তিকর ) This acrid smell is offensive to me.
  • Zest for ( অনুরাগ ) She has no zest for music.
  • Confident to ( আবদ্ধ (শয্যা) ) He is confined to bed.
  • Make out ( বুঝতে পারা ) I cannot make out what you say.
  • Due to ( কারণে ) His absence is due to illness.
  • Ashamed of ( লজ্জিত ) He is not ashamed of his conduct.

Idioms:

  • bad debts ( অশোধ্য বা অনাদায়ী ঋন ; যে ঋন শোধ করা যাবে না )
  • reap the harvest of sin ( কর্ম ভোগ করা )
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.
  • Take to one's heels ( ছুটিয়া পালানো ) The thieves took to their heels to see the police.
  • In no time ( শীঘ্র ) He will finish the work in no time.