"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.
  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.
  • Interfere in ( হস্তক্ষেপ করা (কোন ব্যপার) ) Do not interfere in my job.
  • Preside over ( সভাপতিত্ব করা ) He presided over the meeting.
  • Addicted to ( আসক্ত ) He is addicted to separate.
  • Aloof from ( দূরে থাকা ) Keep yourself aloof from bad company.

Idioms:

  • By far ( সর্বাংশে ) He is by far the best boy in the class.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • Set free ( মুক্ত করা ) The prisoners were set free.
  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.
  • A bed of roses ( সুখ-স্বাচ্ছন্দ্যপূর্ণ জীবন ) Many people think that life is a bed of roses
  • Take to heart ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) He took his remark to heart.