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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Favourable for ( অনুকূল (কোনকিছু) ) This situation is favorable to me for doing this.
  • Diffident of ( সন্দিগ্ধ ) I am diffident of success.
  • Respond to ( উত্তর দেওয়া ) Nobody responded to my call.
  • Unite with ( ঐক্যবদ্ধ হওয়া ) Be united with your friends.
  • Fatal to ( মারাত্মক ) he doctor's mistake proved fatal to his life.
  • Mourn over ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn over the dead.

Idioms:

  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • Maiden speech ( প্রথম বক্তৃতা ) His maiden speech fell flat on the audience.
  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.
  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.
  • In cold blood ( ঠান্ডা মাথায় ) They committed this murder in cold blood.
  • have a bad time ( দুশ্চিন্তায় কাল কাটানো ; দুঃসময়ে পড়া )