"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.
  • Enquire of ( অনুসন্ধান করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He enquired of me into the matter.
  • Overcome by ( দমন করা ) He was overcome by anger.
  • Limit to ( সীমা ) You should have a limit to your demands.
  • Engaged in ( নিযুক্ত (কাজে) ) I was engaged with him in talk.
  • Supply to ( যোগান দেওয়া (ব্যক্তি) ) He supplied food to us.

Idioms:

  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • have a bad time ( দুশ্চিন্তায় কাল কাটানো ; দুঃসময়ে পড়া )
  • A bed of roses ( সুখ-স্বাচ্ছন্দ্যপূর্ণ জীবন ) Many people think that life is a bed of roses
  • Wild goose chase ( পন্ডশ্রম ) Do not waste time in wild goose chase.
  • Stone's throw ( অতি নিকটে ) Our school is at a stone's throw form our house.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.