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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Acquainted with ( পরিচিত ) I am acquainted with her.
  • Look over ( পরীক্ষা করা ) He is looking over the answer papers.
  • Based on ( ভিত্তি থাকা ) Your remarks were not based on the facts.
  • Prohibit from ( বারণ করা ) I prohibited him from going there.
  • Admit to ( ভর্তি করা ) Khadil was admitted to university.
  • Envy of ( ঈর্ষা ) I have no envy of him.

Idioms:

  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • A black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) Tom is a black sheep in their family
  • but me no buts ( কিন্তু কিন্তু করো না )
  • In the long run ( পরিশেষে ) You will have to suffer in the long run.
  • 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.