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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Abide by ( মেনে চলা ) One should abide by the rules
  • Quarrel about ( কলহ করা (কোনকিছু) ) They quarreled with one another about the property.
  • Look after ( দেখাশোনা করা ) There is none to look after her.
  • Apply for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He applied to the Secretary for the post.
  • Wonder at ( অবাক হওয়া ) I wonder at his ignorance.
  • Aptitude for ( স্বাভাবিক দক্ষতা ) I have no aptitude for Mathematics.

Idioms:

  • At least ( অন্ততঃ ) At least one hundred boys will come to school today.
  • clever hit ( কথার মতন কথা )
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • All at once ( হঠাৎ ) All at once a tiger came out of the forest.
  • Slip of the tongue ( বলায় সামান্য ভুল ) This is a slip of the tongue, don't lay much stress on it.
  • harp on the same string ( এক কথা বারবার বলা )