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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Grateful for ( কৃতজ্ঞ (কোনকিছু) ) I am grateful to you for your help.
  • Pity for ( করুণা ) Have pity for the poor.
  • Commence on ( শুরু করা ) Our examination commences on the 3rd July.
  • Ill with ( অসুস্থ ) He is ill with fever.
  • Partial to ( পক্ষপাত দুষ্ট ) He is partial to his son.
  • Indifferent to ( উদাসীন ) He is indifferent to our problem.

Idioms:

  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • Crying need ( জরুরী প্রয়োজন ) Mass education is the crying need of Bangladesh.
  • In the mean time ( ইতিমধ্যে ) Lila will come here to-night. In the mean time you should get her room ready.
  • Hard nut to crack ( কঠিন সমস্যা ) The problem of adult education is really a hard nut to crack.
  • By far ( সর্বাংশে ) He is by far the best boy in the class.
  • the exact point ( কাঁটায়-কাঁটায় )