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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Pleased at ( সন্তুষ্ট (কোনকিছু) ) I am pleased at the news.
  • Attend on ( সেবা করা ) She attends on her mother.
  • Tired of ( ক্লান্ত ) I am Tired of doing the same thing day after day.
  • Rid of ( মুক্ত হওয়া ) Get rid of bad company.
  • Marry to ( বিবাহ দেওয়া ) He married his daughter to a rich man.
  • Open at ( উন্মুক্ত করা বা খোলা ) Open at page 20 of English book.

Idioms:

  • In cold blood ( ঠান্ডা মাথায় ) They committed this murder in cold blood.
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • Bid fair ( ভালো কিছু আশা করা ) He bids fair to be a good doctor.
  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.