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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Remedy for ( প্রতিকার ) There is no remedy for this disease.
  • Afraid of ( ভীত ) I am not afraid of ghosts.
  • Prohibit from ( বারণ করা ) I prohibited him from going there.
  • Adjacent to ( সংলগ্ন ) Her college is adjacent to her house.
  • Lacking in ( অভাব আছে এমন ) He is lacking in courage.
  • Proportionate to ( আনুপাতিক ) Punishment should be proportionate to offence.

Idioms:

  • put the cart before the horse ( স্বাভাবিক অবস্থা উলটাইয়া দেওয়া ; অস্বাভাবিক অবস্থা পরিণত করা )
  • Call a spade a spade ( অপ্রিয় সত্য কথা বলা ) I have no hesitation to call a spade a spade.
  • Far and wide ( সর্বত্র ) His fame as a scholar spread far and wide
  • ABC ( প্রাথমিক জ্ঞান ) Everybody must know at least the ABC of religion.
  • At home ( দক্ষ ) He is at home in mathematics.
  • To the contrary ( কাহারও বক্তব্যের বিপক্ষে ) In the court he said nothing to the contrary.