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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Adjacent to ( সংলগ্ন ) Her college is adjacent to her house.
  • Ill with ( অসুস্থ ) He is ill with fever.
  • Worthy of ( যোগ্য ) He is worthy of our praise.
  • Proportionate to ( আনুপাতিক ) Punishment should be proportionate to offence.
  • Displeased at ( অসন্তুষ্ট ) I am displeased with him at his conduct.
  • Require of ( প্রয়োজন হওয়া (কোন কিছু) ) I required a loan of him.

Idioms:

  • Null and void ( বাতিল ) The deed has been null and void now.
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • Bed of roses ( আরামদায়ক অবস্থা ) Life is not a bed of roses.
  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • when pigs fly ( কখনও না ) I will help you when pigs fly
  • to the bad ( মন্দাবস্থায় ; ঘাটতি অবস্থায় )