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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • False to ( মিথ্যাবাদী ) I cannot be false to my friend.
  • Live on ( খেয়ে বাঁচা ) The cow lives on grass.
  • Consistent with ( সামঞ্জস্যপূর্ণ ) Your action is not consistent with the rules.
  • Apply to ( আবেদন করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He applied to he Secretary for the post.
  • Destined to ( ভাগ্য নির্দিষ্ট ) He was destined to death.
  • Opposite to ( বিপরীত ) Your idea is opposite to mine.

Idioms:

  • All but ( প্রায় ) The poor villagers are all but ruined.
  • Cats and dogs ( মূষল ধারে ) It was raining cats and dogs.
  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )
  • reap the harvest of sin ( কর্ম ভোগ করা )
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.