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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Confined in ( আবদ্ধ (কক্ষ) ) He is confined in a room for five days.
  • Proportionate to ( আনুপাতিক ) Punishment should be proportionate to offence.
  • Kind to ( সদয় ) She is very kind to the children.
  • Mourn for ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn for the dead.
  • Complain against ( অভিযোগ করা (অন্য ব্যক্তি) ) The complained to the Director against the Manager about her behavior.
  • Vexed with ( বিরক্ত (ব্যক্তি) ) He is vexed with me at my conduct.

Idioms:

  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • Red tape ( লাল ফিতার বাঁধন ; আমলাতান্ত্রিকতা ) Red tapism causes delay in official work.
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • be on ones back ( একেবারে কুপোকাত )
  • By all means ( সবর্প্রকার ) Try to do it by all means.
  • pulling your leg ( কৌতক করা ) Do not take it seriously, i was just pulling you leg