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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Play on ( বাজানো ) He played on guitar.
  • Congratulate on ( অভিনন্দিত করা ) I congratulate you on your success.
  • Proportionate to ( আনুপাতিক ) Punishment should be proportionate to offence.
  • Adjacent to ( সংলগ্ন ) Her college is adjacent to her house.
  • Part from ( বিচ্ছিন্ন হওয়া (ব্যক্তি) ) He parted form his friend.
  • Sentence to ( দন্ডাদেশ দেওয়া ) He was sentenced to death for murder.

Idioms:

  • Nip in the bud ( অঙ্কুরে বিনষ্ট করা ) All his hopes were nipped in the bud.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • At arm’s length ( দূরে ) Try to keep the bad boy at arm’s length.
  • Cock and bull story ( গাঁজাখুরি গল্প ) Nobody will believe your cock and bull story
  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.
  • Call in question ( সন্দেহ করা ) No one can call his honesty in question.