"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.
  • Slow of ( ধীর ) He is slow of speech. He is slow at figures. He is slow in writing.
  • Quick of ( চটপটে ) He is quick of understanding.
  • Play on ( বাজানো ) He played on guitar.
  • Complain against ( অভিযোগ করা (অন্য ব্যক্তি) ) The complained to the Director against the Manager about her behavior.
  • Alternative to ( বিকল্প ) This question is alternative to that.

Idioms:

  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.
  • Call to mind ( স্মরণ করা ) I cannot call to mind your name.
  • Big gun ( নেতৃস্থানীয় ব্যক্তি ) He is a big gun of our locality.
  • put the cart before the horse ( স্বাভাবিক অবস্থা উলটাইয়া দেওয়া ; অস্বাভাবিক অবস্থা পরিণত করা )
  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.
  • to the bad ( মন্দাবস্থায় ; ঘাটতি অবস্থায় )