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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.
  • Prefer to ( অধিক পছন্দ করা ) I prefer coffee to tea.
  • Capacity for ( যোগ্যতা ) He has a capacity for hard work.
  • Deaf to ( শুনতে অনিচ্ছুক ) He is deaf to my request.
  • Consistent with ( সামঞ্জস্যপূর্ণ ) Your action is not consistent with the rules.
  • Look into ( অনুসন্ধান করা ) I am looking into the matter.

Idioms:

  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • reinvent the wheel ( এমন কোনকিছু তৈরিতে সময় নষ্ট করা যা বর্তমানে বিদ্যমান ও ঠিকঠাক কাজ করে ) There's no point in us reinventing the wheel
  • pulling your leg ( কৌতক করা ) Do not take it seriously, i was just pulling you leg
  • In a hurry ( তাড়াহুড়ার মধ্যে ) Don't do the work in a hurry.
  • Big gun ( নেতৃস্থানীয় ব্যক্তি ) He is a big gun of our locality.
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.