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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Talk to ( কথা বলা (ব্যক্তি) ) I am talking to (with) Mr. Roy.
  • Excuse for ( অব্যাহতি দেওয়া ) He will not be excused for coming late.
  • Afraid of ( ভীত ) I am not afraid of ghosts.
  • Proportionate to ( আনুপাতিক ) Punishment should be proportionate to offence.
  • Divide among ( ভাগ করা (দুইয়ের অধিক) ) Divide the mangoes among the boys.
  • Obsessed with ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is obsessed with the idea.

Idioms:

  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.
  • Fall flat ( ফলপ্রসূ না হওয়া ) My advice feel fiat on him.
  • On the whole ( মোটের উপর ) On the whole, his conduct is good.
  • By no means ( কোন ভাবেই না ) I shall by no means call on him.
  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.