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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Proportionate to ( আনুপাতিক ) Punishment should be proportionate to offence.
  • Listen to ( শোনা ) Listen to the news on the radio.
  • Displeased at ( অসন্তুষ্ট ) I am displeased with him at his conduct.
  • Inferior to ( নিকৃষ্ট ; হীন ) He is inferior to his neighbour.
  • Attend upon ( সেবা করা ) She attends upon her mother.
  • Accompanied with ( একসঙ্গে ঘটা ) He has fever accompanied with headache.

Idioms:

  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather
  • Hard and fast ( বাঁধা ধরা ) There is no such hard and fast rule in this matter.
  • Wild goose chase ( পন্ডশ্রম ) Do not waste time in wild goose chase.
  • All but ( প্রায় ) The poor villagers are all but ruined.
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.