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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Ashamed for ( লজ্জিত ) I feel ashamed for you.
  • Zealous for ( আগ্রহী ) He is zealous for improvement.
  • Succeed in ( সাফল্য লাভ করা ) He will succeed in life.
  • Partiality for ( পক্ষপাত দুষ্ট ) He has no Partiality for his son.
  • Supply to ( যোগান দেওয়া (ব্যক্তি) ) He supplied food to us.
  • Senior to ( বয়সে বড়, উচ্চপদস্থ ) He is senior to me by four years.

Idioms:

  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )
  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.
  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.
  • At once back and call ( বাধ্য ) He is always at my back and call.
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.