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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Different from ( পৃথক ) This book is different from that.
  • Slow of ( ধীর ) He is slow of speech. He is slow at figures. He is slow in writing.
  • Boast of ( গর্ব করা ) Do not boast of your wealth.
  • Encroach on ( অনধিকার প্রবেশ করা ) Do not encroach on my land.
  • Useful to ( প্রয়োজনীয় (ব্যক্তি) ) This book is useful to us for examination.
  • Argue against ( যূক্তি দেখানো (কোন কিছু) ) I argued with him against the point.

Idioms:

  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • Tooth and nail ( তীব্রভাবে ) He fought tooth and nail against his enemy.
  • Cats and dogs ( মূষল ধারে ) It was raining cats and dogs.
  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • cringing flatterer ( খঁয়ের খা )