"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.
  • Control over ( নিয়ন্ত্রণ ) He has no control over his brother.
  • Live within ( বাঁচা ) He live within his means
  • Smell of ( গন্ধ দেয় ) This glass smells of wine.
  • Triumph over ( জয় করা ) Jim and Della triumphed over their poverty.
  • Tide over ( অতিক্রম করা ) He will soon tide over the difficulty.

Idioms:

  • have a bad time ( দুশ্চিন্তায় কাল কাটানো ; দুঃসময়ে পড়া )
  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.
  • Part and parcel ( অবিচ্ছেদ্য অংশ ) Discipline is part and parcel of administration.
  • walk in someone shoes ( কারো অভিজ্ঞতা বা অবস্থানে থাকা বোঝায় ) When you walk in my shoes, you might understand.
  • Bird of a feather ( এক রকম স্বভাবের লোক ) Birds of a feather flock together.
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.