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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Live beyond ( বাঁচা ) He lives beyond his means.
  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.
  • Agree with ( একমত হওয়া (ব্যক্তি) ) I agree with you on this point
  • Superior to ( উৎকৃষ্টতর ) This type of rice is superior to that.
  • Fond of ( অনুরাগী ) Children are fond of sweets.
  • Slow of ( ধীর ) He is slow of speech. He is slow at figures. He is slow in writing.

Idioms:

  • Bring to book ( শাস্তি দেওয়া ) He should be brought to book for his misconduct.
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • feather ones nest ( কাজ গুছিয়ে নেওয়া )
  • Square meal ( পেট ভরা আহার ) He is too poor to have a square meal every day.
  • but me no buts ( কিন্তু কিন্তু করো না )
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.