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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Guess at ( অনুমান করা ) Can you guess at her age?
  • Pleased with ( সন্তুষ্ট ) I am pleased with him.
  • Proportionate to ( আনুপাতিক ) Punishment should be proportionate to offence.
  • Owe to ( ঋণী হওয়া ) I owe my all to him.
  • Opportunity for ( সুযোগ ) I have no opportunity for (of) doing the work.
  • Aloof from ( দূরে থাকা ) Keep yourself aloof from bad company.

Idioms:

  • By all means ( সবর্প্রকার ) Try to do it by all means.
  • Moot point ( অমীমাংসিত বিষয় ) Dowry system is still a moot point in Bangladesh.
  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • At home ( দক্ষ ) He is at home in mathematics.
  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.