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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Object to ( আপত্তি করা ) He objected to my proposal.
  • Justice to ( ন্যায় বিচার ) We should do justice to everybody.
  • Compare to ( তুলনা করা (অসদৃশ বস্তু) ) Anger is compared to fire.
  • Based on ( ভিত্তি থাকা ) Your remarks were not based on the facts.
  • Deaf to ( শুনতে অনিচ্ছুক ) He is deaf to my request.
  • Require of ( প্রয়োজন হওয়া (কোন কিছু) ) I required a loan of him.

Idioms:

  • Part and parcel ( অবিচ্ছেদ্য অংশ ) Discipline is part and parcel of administration.
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather
  • In vogue ( চালু ) This custom is not in vogue now.
  • but me no buts ( কিন্তু কিন্তু করো না )
  • Nip in the bud ( অঙ্কুরে বিনষ্ট করা ) All his hopes were nipped in the bud.