"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.
  • Confined in ( আবদ্ধ (কক্ষ) ) He is confined in a room for five days.
  • Mourn for ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn for the dead.
  • Pleased with ( সন্তুষ্ট ) I am pleased with him.
  • Wait on ( সেবা করা ) The nurse waited on the patient.
  • Famous for ( বিখ্যাত ) Radhanager is famous for the birth place of Raja Rammohan.

Idioms:

  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather
  • Black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) He is a black sheep in his family.
  • throw dust in ones hands full ( কারো চোখে ধূলো দেওয়া )
  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.
  • Rank and file ( সাধারণ লোক ) We should pay attention to the rank and file of the country.