"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.
  • Pleased with ( সন্তুষ্ট ) I am pleased with him.
  • Lame of ( খোঁড়া ) He is lame of one leg.
  • Absorbed in ( নিবিষ্ট ; মগ্ন ) Scientist is absorbed in experiment
  • Want of ( অভাব ) We have no want of money.
  • Kind of ( প্রকার ) What kind of paper is it?

Idioms:

  • Turn a deaf ear to ( মনোযোগ না দেওয়া ) He turned a deaf ear to my proposal.
  • cringing flatterer ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • put the cart before the horse ( স্বাভাবিক অবস্থা উলটাইয়া দেওয়া ; অস্বাভাবিক অবস্থা পরিণত করা )
  • Weal and woe ( সুখ-দুঃখ ) Human life is full of weal and woe.
  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.
  • Come off with flying colours ( জয়লাভ করা ) Our School team came off with flying colours.