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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Capable to ( সক্ষম ) He is capable of doing this alone.
  • Comply with ( মেনে নেওয়া ) I shall comply with your request.
  • Proportionate to ( আনুপাতিক ) Punishment should be proportionate to offence.
  • Die in ( মারা যাওয়া (শান্তি) ) Let me die in peace.
  • Succeed in ( সাফল্য লাভ করা ) He will succeed in life.
  • Diffident of ( সন্দিগ্ধ ) I am diffident of success.

Idioms:

  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • By far ( সর্বাংশে ) He is by far the best boy in the class.
  • All but ( প্রায় ) The poor villagers are all but ruined.
  • Build castles in the air ( আকাশ কুসুম চিন্তা করা ) Don't idle away your time in building castles in the air.
  • Sink in ( আবদ্ধ হওয়া, ডুবে যাওয়া ) He sank in mud or the ship sank into the sea.
  • be bad at ( দক্ষ না হওয়া )