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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Proportionate to ( আনুপাতিক ) Punishment should be proportionate to offence.
  • Tell upon ( ক্ষতি করা ) Over-eating tells upon health.
  • Addicted to ( আসক্ত ) He is addicted to separate.
  • Subject to ( শর্তাধীন ) This is subject to approval of the committee.
  • Attend to ( মনোযোগ দেওয়া ) Attend to your lesson.
  • Free from ( মুক্ত ) He is now free from danger.

Idioms:

  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • Big gun ( নেতৃস্থানীয় ব্যক্তি ) He is a big gun of our locality.
  • set a naught ( কলা দেখানো )
  • To the contrary ( কাহারও বক্তব্যের বিপক্ষে ) In the court he said nothing to the contrary.