"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.
  • Prohibit from ( বারণ করা ) I prohibited him from going there.
  • Subject to ( শর্তাধীন ) This is subject to approval of the committee.
  • Favourable for ( অনুকূল (কোনকিছু) ) This situation is favorable to me for doing this.
  • Free from ( মুক্ত ) He is now free from danger.
  • Lacking in ( অভাব আছে এমন ) He is lacking in courage.

Idioms:

  • In cold blood ( ঠান্ডা মাথায় ) They committed this murder in cold blood.
  • bell the cat ( সর্তকতার জন্য বিড়ালের গলায় ঘন্টা বাধা ; কোন কাজ যেটা অর্জন করা কঠিন বা অসম্ভব ) Everybody is trying but who actually bell the cat?
  • to the bad ( মন্দাবস্থায় ; ঘাটতি অবস্থায় )
  • At all ( আদৌ ) He does not know French at all.
  • Build castles in the air ( আকাশ কুসুম চিন্তা করা ) Don't idle away your time in building castles in the air.
  • Turn a deaf ear to ( মনোযোগ না দেওয়া ) He turned a deaf ear to my proposal.