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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Mourn for ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn for the dead.
  • Proportionate to ( আনুপাতিক ) Punishment should be proportionate to offence.
  • Sanguine of ( নিশ্চিত ) She is sanguine of her success.
  • Kind of ( প্রকার ) What kind of paper is it?
  • Open to ( উন্মুক্ত ) His plan is open to objection.
  • Eligible for ( যোগ্য ) He is eligible for the post.

Idioms:

  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.
  • By leaps and bounds ( অতি দ্রুতগতিতে ) The population of Bangladesh is increasing by leaps and bounds.
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • By all means ( সবর্প্রকার ) Try to do it by all means.
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.