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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Ignorant of ( অজ্ঞ ) He is ignorant of this rule.
  • Listen to ( শোনা ) Listen to the news on the radio.
  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.
  • Capable to ( সক্ষম ) He is capable of doing this alone.
  • Aptitude for ( স্বাভাবিক দক্ষতা ) I have no aptitude for Mathematics.
  • Indifferent to ( উদাসীন ) He is indifferent to our problem.

Idioms:

  • By leaps and bounds ( অতি দ্রুতগতিতে ) The population of Bangladesh is increasing by leaps and bounds.
  • By no means ( কোন ভাবেই না ) I shall by no means call on him.
  • Rank and file ( সাধারণ লোক ) We should pay attention to the rank and file of the country.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • Take to one's heels ( ছুটিয়া পালানো ) The thieves took to their heels to see the police.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.