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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Glance at ( চোখ বুলিয়ে নেওয়া ) He glanced at me casually.
  • Jump at ( আগ্রহ সহকারে গ্রহণ করা ) Do not jump at the offer.
  • Open at ( উন্মুক্ত করা বা খোলা ) Open at page 20 of English book.
  • Similar to ( সদৃশ ) This pen is similar to that.
  • Eager about ( আগ্রহী ) He is eager about the result.
  • Essential to ( অত্যাবশ্যক ) Food is essential to health.

Idioms:

  • Hard nut to crack ( কঠিন সমস্যা ) The problem of adult education is really a hard nut to crack.
  • a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.
  • In full swing ( পুরাদমে ) The school is now in full swing.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.