"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.
  • Appetite for ( ক্ষুধা ) The patient has no appetite for food.
  • Sanguine of ( নিশ্চিত ) She is sanguine of her success.
  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.
  • Confined in ( আবদ্ধ (কক্ষ) ) He is confined in a room for five days.
  • Refer to ( বিচারার্থে পাঠানো ) Refer the matter to him for enquiry.

Idioms:

  • In a nut shell ( খুব সংক্ষেপে ) Tell the story in a nut shell.
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • Out of sorts ( ঈষৎ অসুস্থ ) He is out of sorts now.
  • Stone's throw ( অতি নিকটে ) Our school is at a stone's throw form our house.
  • but me no buts ( কিন্তু কিন্তু করো না )
  • In force ( বলবৎ ) This law is in force now.