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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Overcome with ( দমন করা ) He was overcome with fatigue.
  • Escape by ( রক্ষা করা ) He escaped by a hair breadth.
  • Mad with ( উন্মাদ প্রায় ) He is mad with pain.
  • Compare to ( তুলনা করা (অসদৃশ বস্তু) ) Anger is compared to fire.
  • Proportionate to ( আনুপাতিক ) Punishment should be proportionate to offence.
  • Callous to ( উদাসীন ) He is callous to my suffering.

Idioms:

  • Beggar description ( বর্ণনাতীত ) The beauty of the Taj beggars description.
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.
  • All but ( প্রায় ) The poor villagers are all but ruined.
  • At arm’s length ( দূরে ) Try to keep the bad boy at arm’s length.
  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.
  • From hand to mouth ( দিন আনে দিন খায় ) The poor man lives form hand to mouth.