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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Glance at ( চোখ বুলিয়ে নেওয়া ) He glanced at me casually.
  • Proportionate to ( আনুপাতিক ) Punishment should be proportionate to offence.
  • Envy of ( ঈর্ষা ) I have no envy of him.
  • Invite to ( নিমন্ত্রণ করা ) I invited him to dinner.
  • Dull at ( কাঁচা ) He is dull at Physics.
  • Restrict to ( সীমাবব্ধ করা ) Admission was restricted to students.

Idioms:

  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.
  • Achilles heel ( দুর্বলতা বা ত্রুটি ) He is trying to hide but everybody knows his achilles' heel
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • In a fix ( মুশকিলে পতিত ) He is in a fix and does not know what to do.
  • in the doldrums ( উদাসীন ভাবাপন্ন )
  • Red tape ( লাল ফিতার বাঁধন ; আমলাতান্ত্রিকতা ) Red tapism causes delay in official work.