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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Lay by ( সঞ্চয় করা ) Lay by something for the old age.
  • Late in ( দেরি ) Why are you so late in coming?
  • Open at ( উন্মুক্ত করা বা খোলা ) Open at page 20 of English book.
  • Require of ( প্রয়োজন হওয়া (কোন কিছু) ) I required a loan of him.
  • Restrict to ( সীমাবব্ধ করা ) Admission was restricted to students.
  • Liking for ( রুচি ) She has a liking for music.

Idioms:

  • hold your horses ( সবুর করা ; ধৈর্য ধরা ) Hold your horses in trouble, you will get your reward.
  • By hook or by crook ( যে কোন উপায়ে ) You must do this work by hook or by crook.
  • Up and downs ( উন্থানপতন ) There are ups and downs in a man's life.
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • In a fix ( মুশকিলে পতিত ) He is in a fix and does not know what to do.
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.