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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Burst out ( ফেটে পড়া ) He burst out laughing at my joke.
  • Respect of ( সম্বন্ধে ) He is junior to me in respect of service.
  • Proportionate to ( আনুপাতিক ) Punishment should be proportionate to offence.
  • Void of ( বিহীন ) He is void of common sense.
  • Prohibit from ( বারণ করা ) I prohibited him from going there.
  • Polite in ( নম্র ) He is polite in his manners. (Polite to strangers).

Idioms:

  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • Maiden speech ( প্রথম বক্তৃতা ) His maiden speech fell flat on the audience.
  • Slip of the tongue ( বলায় সামান্য ভুল ) This is a slip of the tongue, don't lay much stress on it.
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • be on ones back ( একেবারে কুপোকাত )
  • Flesh and blood ( রক্তমাংসের শরীর ) Flesh and blood cannot bear with such insults.