"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.
  • Parallel to ( সমান্তরাল ) This line is parallel to that.
  • Burst into ( ভেঙ্গে পড়া ) He burst into tears at the sad news
  • Contrary to ( বিপরীত ) His action is contrary to his words.
  • Involved in ( জড়িত ) He is involved in the plot.
  • Respect to ( সম্বন্ধে ) We are talking with respect to that matter.

Idioms:

  • Now and then ( মাঝে মাঝে ) He comes here now and then.
  • set a naught ( কলা দেখানো )
  • Bed of roses ( আরামদায়ক অবস্থা ) Life is not a bed of roses.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • loose cannon ( অপ্রত্যাশিত ) He is a bit of a loose cannon.
  • In a fix ( মুশকিলে পতিত ) He is in a fix and does not know what to do.