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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Argue for ( যূক্তি দেখানো (কোন কিছু) ) I argued with him for the point.
  • Engaged in ( নিযুক্ত (কাজে) ) I was engaged with him in talk.
  • Wait for ( অপেক্ষা করা ) I waited for him for two hours.
  • Deal in ( ব্যবসা করা ) He deals in rice.
  • Feel for ( সহানুভূতি অনুভব করা ) I feel for you in your trouble.
  • Search of ( অনুসন্ধানে ব্যস্ত ) They are in search of nice bird.

Idioms:

  • clever hit ( কথার মতন কথা )
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.
  • breathe out ( নিঃশ্বাস ত্যাগ করা ) At last, he breathed his last breath out, and that was the end.
  • Hard and fast ( বাঁধা ধরা ) There is no such hard and fast rule in this matter.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.