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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Similar to ( সদৃশ ) This pen is similar to that.
  • Proportionate to ( আনুপাতিক ) Punishment should be proportionate to offence.
  • Encroach on ( অনধিকার প্রবেশ করা ) Do not encroach on my land.
  • Angry at ( রাগান্বিত (কারো আচরণ) ) I am angry at your conduct.
  • Replace with another ( পরিবর্তন করা (একটি জিনিস) ) Replace this chair with new one.
  • Acquit of ( খালাস দেওয়া ) High court acquit him of the charge.

Idioms:

  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • In a fix ( মুশকিলে পতিত ) He is in a fix and does not know what to do.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • At one’s own sweet will ( খুশি মতো ) He still does it at his own sweet will.
  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.
  • Flesh and blood ( রক্তমাংসের শরীর ) Flesh and blood cannot bear with such insults.