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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Heir to ( উত্তরাধিকারী (সম্পত্তি) ) He is the heir to his uncle’s property.
  • Capacity for ( যোগ্যতা ) He has a capacity for hard work.
  • Quarrel about ( কলহ করা (কোনকিছু) ) They quarreled with one another about the property.
  • Need of ( প্রয়োজনীয় ) I am in need of more money.
  • Mourn for ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn for the dead.
  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.

Idioms:

  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • bunch of fives ( মুষ্টি ; পাঁচ আঙ্গুলের মুঠো ) Rock can break anything with his bunch of fives.
  • when pigs fly ( কখনও না ) I will help you when pigs fly
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • ABC ( প্রাথমিক জ্ঞান ) Everybody must know at least the ABC of religion.