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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Occupied in ( নিয়োজিত ) He is occupied in writing a letter.
  • Prevent from ( বারণ করা ; প্রতিরোধ করা ) I prevented him from going there.‌
  • Preferable to ( অধিক পছন্দযোগ্য ) Death is preferable to dishonor.
  • Proportionate to ( আনুপাতিক ) Punishment should be proportionate to offence.
  • Divide into ( বিভক্ত করা (অংশ) ) It was divided into several parts.
  • Prohibit from ( বারণ করা ) I prohibited him from going there.

Idioms:

  • Part and parcel ( অবিচ্ছেদ্য অংশ ) Discipline is part and parcel of administration.
  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather
  • Slip of the tongue ( বলায় সামান্য ভুল ) This is a slip of the tongue, don't lay much stress on it.
  • harp on the same string ( এক কথা বারবার বলা )
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • In one's teens ( তের থেকে উনিশ বছর বয়সের মধ্যে ) She is yet in her teens.