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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Talk of ( কথা বলা (কোন জিনিস) ) I am talking to (with) Mr. Roy of (about, over) the matter.
  • Proportionate to ( আনুপাতিক ) Punishment should be proportionate to offence.
  • Prohibit from ( বারণ করা ) I prohibited him from going there.
  • Dispose of ( বিক্রয় করা ) He disposed of his books.
  • Agree to ( একমত হওয়া (প্রস্তাব) ) I can't agree to the proposals.
  • Superior to ( উৎকৃষ্টতর ) This type of rice is superior to that.

Idioms:

  • tickled pink ( খুব খুশি করানো ) She was tickled pink by the good news.
  • Call in question ( সন্দেহ করা ) No one can call his honesty in question.
  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.
  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.
  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.
  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )