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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Proportionate to ( আনুপাতিক ) Punishment should be proportionate to offence.
  • Tolerant of ( সহিষ্ণু ) We must be tolerant of opposition.
  • Need of ( প্রয়োজনীয় ) I am in need of more money.
  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.
  • Escape by ( রক্ষা করা ) He escaped by a hair breadth.
  • Pleased with ( সন্তুষ্ট ) I am pleased with him.

Idioms:

  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • Moot point ( অমীমাংসিত বিষয় ) Dowry system is still a moot point in Bangladesh.
  • a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.
  • harp on the same string ( এক কথা বারবার বলা )
  • Gift of the gab ( বাককটুতা ) An advocate should have the gift of the gab.
  • bad shoot ( অসংগত অনুমান )