"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.
  • Busy with ( ব্যস্ত ) He is busy with his studies.
  • Offensive to ( বিরক্তিকর ) This acrid smell is offensive to me.
  • Supply with ( যোগান দেওয়া (কোন জিনিস) ) He supplied us with food.
  • Dull at ( কাঁচা ) He is dull at Physics.
  • Useful for ( প্রয়োজনীয় (উদ্দেশ্য) ) This book is useful to us for examination.

Idioms:

  • To the contrary ( কাহারও বক্তব্যের বিপক্ষে ) In the court he said nothing to the contrary.
  • In one's teens ( তের থেকে উনিশ বছর বয়সের মধ্যে ) She is yet in her teens.
  • Nip in the bud ( অঙ্কুরে বিনষ্ট করা ) All his hopes were nipped in the bud.
  • By all means ( সবর্প্রকার ) Try to do it by all means.
  • By chance ( দৈবাৎ ) I met him on the way by chance.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.