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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Aloof from ( দূরে থাকা ) Keep yourself aloof from bad company.
  • Deal in ( ব্যবসা করা ) He deals in rice.
  • Junior to ( নিম্নপদস্থ ; বয়সে কম ) He is junior to me in service.
  • Proportionate to ( আনুপাতিক ) Punishment should be proportionate to offence.
  • Justice to ( ন্যায় বিচার ) We should do justice to everybody.
  • Succeed in ( সাফল্য লাভ করা ) He will succeed in life.

Idioms:

  • Sink in ( আবদ্ধ হওয়া, ডুবে যাওয়া ) He sank in mud or the ship sank into the sea.
  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • Out of date ( অপ্রচলিত ) This fashion is now out of date.
  • Set free ( মুক্ত করা ) The prisoners were set free.
  • Curry favour ( তোষামোদ করিয়ে প্রিয় হওয়া ) He knows how to curry favour with officers.