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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • According to ( অনুসারে ) According to his order i went there.
  • Proportionate to ( আনুপাতিক ) Punishment should be proportionate to offence.
  • Allot to ( বিলি করা ) One room has been allotted to him.
  • Sick of ( পীড়িত, ক্লান্ত ) He is sick for home.
  • Look up ( শব্দার্থ খোঁজা ) Look up the word in the dictionary.
  • Confident of ( স্থির বিশ্বাসী ) I am confident of success.

Idioms:

  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • In cold blood ( ঠান্ডা মাথায় ) They committed this murder in cold blood.
  • Bird of a feather ( এক রকম স্বভাবের লোক ) Birds of a feather flock together.
  • Hard nut to crack ( কঠিন সমস্যা ) The problem of adult education is really a hard nut to crack.
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.
  • tickled pink ( খুব খুশি করানো ) She was tickled pink by the good news.