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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Close to ( নিকটে ) The school is very close to our house.
  • Prompt in ( চটপটে (উত্তর) ) He is prompt in his answer.
  • Endowed with ( ভূষিত ) He is endowed with talents.
  • True to ( বিশ্বস্ত ) He is true to his master.
  • Certain of ( নিশ্চিত ) He is now certain of his ground.
  • Refer to ( বিচারার্থে পাঠানো ) Refer the matter to him for enquiry.

Idioms:

  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • Take to one's heels ( ছুটিয়া পালানো ) The thieves took to their heels to see the police.
  • Come to light ( প্রকাশিত হওয়া ) Their private talk has come to light at last.
  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home
  • Chip of the old block ( বাপকা বেটা ) He is a chip of the old black.
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.