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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Ill with ( অসুস্থ ) He is ill with fever.
  • Die for ( মারা যাওয়া (কারণ) ) He died for his country.
  • Make for ( অগ্রসর হওয়া ) The ship made for England.
  • Hanker after ( লালায়িত হওয়া ) Do not hanker after wealth.
  • Aloof from ( দূরে থাকা ) Keep yourself aloof from bad company.
  • Equal with ( সমতুল্য (ব্যক্তি) ) Mr.Karim is equal in rank with Mr.Rahim.

Idioms:

  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • Lame excuse ( বাজে গুজব ) This lame excuse will to do.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • At random ( বেপরোয়া ; এলোমেলো ) He hit the ball at random.
  • Gala Day ( উৎসবের দিন ) The 15th August is a gala day to the Indians.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.