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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • True to ( বিশ্বস্ত ) He is true to his master.
  • Respect to ( সম্বন্ধে ) We are talking with respect to that matter.
  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.
  • Angry at ( রাগান্বিত (কারো আচরণ) ) I am angry at your conduct.
  • Greed for ( লোভ ) He has no greed for wealth.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.

Idioms:

  • Maiden speech ( প্রথম বক্তৃতা ) His maiden speech fell flat on the audience.
  • the exact point ( কাঁটায়-কাঁটায় )
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.