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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Require of ( প্রয়োজন হওয়া (কোন কিছু) ) I required a loan of him.
  • Overcome by ( দমন করা ) He was overcome by anger.
  • Attend on ( সেবা করা ) She attends on her mother.
  • Fit for ( যোগ্য ) He is not fit for the job.
  • Part from ( বিচ্ছিন্ন হওয়া (ব্যক্তি) ) He parted form his friend.
  • Senior to ( বয়সে বড়, উচ্চপদস্থ ) He is senior to me by four years.

Idioms:

  • set a naught ( কলা দেখানো )
  • a piece of cake ( খুবই সহজ ) This assignment is a piece of cake
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • At random ( বেপরোয়া ; এলোমেলো ) He hit the ball at random.
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • Sink in ( আবদ্ধ হওয়া, ডুবে যাওয়া ) He sank in mud or the ship sank into the sea.