"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.
  • Mourn over ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn over the dead.
  • Partial to ( পক্ষপাত দুষ্ট ) He is partial to his son.
  • Dull of ( বোধশক্তিহীন ) He is dull of understanding.
  • Divide into ( বিভক্ত করা (অংশ) ) It was divided into several parts.
  • Acquit of ( খালাস দেওয়া ) High court acquit him of the charge.

Idioms:

  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • cringing flatterer ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • Hold good ( প্রযুক্ত হওয়া ) This ruls will not hold good here.
  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )
  • have a bad time ( দুশ্চিন্তায় কাল কাটানো ; দুঃসময়ে পড়া )
  • To the letter ( অক্ষরে অক্ষরে ) He followed my advice to the letter.