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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Afraid of ( ভীত ) I am not afraid of ghosts.
  • Beware of ( সতর্ক হওয়া ) Beware of pick-pockets.
  • Proportionate to ( আনুপাতিক ) Punishment should be proportionate to offence.
  • Weak in ( কাঁচা ) He is weak in Mathematics.
  • Occupied in ( নিয়োজিত ) He is occupied in writing a letter.
  • Confined in ( আবদ্ধ (কক্ষ) ) He is confined in a room for five days.

Idioms:

  • Set free ( মুক্ত করা ) The prisoners were set free.
  • As if ( যেন ) He swims so beautifully as if he is the Olympic gold medalist.
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • reinvent the wheel ( এমন কোনকিছু তৈরিতে সময় নষ্ট করা যা বর্তমানে বিদ্যমান ও ঠিকঠাক কাজ করে ) There's no point in us reinventing the wheel
  • bad faith ( বিশ্বাসঘাতকতা )
  • keep your chin up ( সুখি হওয়া ) His attempt keep your chin up