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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Key to ( সমাধানের উপায় ) He has found out the key to his problem.
  • Glance at ( চোখ বুলিয়ে নেওয়া ) He glanced at me casually.
  • Proportionate to ( আনুপাতিক ) Punishment should be proportionate to offence.
  • Overcome by ( দমন করা ) He was overcome by anger.
  • Indifferent to ( উদাসীন ) He is indifferent to our problem.
  • Warn of ( সতর্ক করা ) He warned me of the danger.

Idioms:

  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.
  • have ones eyes ( কারও হাতে বিস্তর কাজ থাকা )
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • a rotten apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few rotten apples.
  • From A to Z ( প্রথম হইতে শেষ পয্র্ন্ত ) The statement is true from A to Z.