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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Listen to ( শোনা ) Listen to the news on the radio.
  • Look for ( খোঁজা ) I am looking for a good job.
  • Add to ( যোগ করা ) Add this to that.
  • Argue against ( যূক্তি দেখানো (কোন কিছু) ) I argued with him against the point.
  • Lacking in ( অভাব আছে এমন ) He is lacking in courage.
  • Delight in ( আনন্দ ) He takes delight in music.

Idioms:

  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.
  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.
  • Stone's throw ( অতি নিকটে ) Our school is at a stone's throw form our house.
  • Read between the lines ( তাৎপর্য বোঝা ) Try to read between the lines of the letter.
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.