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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Depend on ( নির্ভর করা ) Success depends on hard work.
  • Quick of ( চটপটে ) He is quick of understanding.
  • Engaged to ( বাগদত্ত ) Lila was engaged to him.
  • Resign to ( আত্মসমর্পন করা (স্বয়ং) ) I resigned myself to fate
  • Encroach on ( অনধিকার প্রবেশ করা ) Do not encroach on my land.
  • Good at ( দক্ষ ) He is good at tennis.

Idioms:

  • A black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) Tom is a black sheep in their family
  • Take to one's heels ( ছুটিয়া পালানো ) The thieves took to their heels to see the police.
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • Take to heart ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) He took his remark to heart.
  • bunch of fives ( মুষ্টি ; পাঁচ আঙ্গুলের মুঠো ) Rock can break anything with his bunch of fives.
  • Stone's throw ( অতি নিকটে ) Our school is at a stone's throw form our house.