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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Look up ( শব্দার্থ খোঁজা ) Look up the word in the dictionary.
  • True to ( বিশ্বস্ত ) He is true to his master.
  • Proportionate to ( আনুপাতিক ) Punishment should be proportionate to offence.
  • Plead for ( ওকালতি করা (কোনকিছু) ) I pleaded with him for justice (against the wrong done to me).
  • Allot to ( বিলি করা ) One room has been allotted to him.
  • Triumph over ( জয় করা ) Jim and Della triumphed over their poverty.

Idioms:

  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.
  • In one's teens ( তের থেকে উনিশ বছর বয়সের মধ্যে ) She is yet in her teens.
  • Book worm ( গ্রন্থকীট ) Don't be a book worm.
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.
  • Household word ( সকলের পরিচিত নাম ) Mother Teresa's name has now become a household word.
  • On the spur of the moment ( মুহুর্তের উত্তেজনায় ) He did it on the spur of the moment.