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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Charge on or against ( অভিযোগ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) Theft was charged on (against) him.
  • Attend on ( সেবা করা ) She attends on her mother.
  • Jump to ( তাড়াহুড়ো করে সিদ্ধান্তে আসা ) Do not jump to a conclusion without much thinking.
  • Compete with ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন একজন) ) I competed with him for the first prize.
  • Refer to ( বিচারার্থে পাঠানো ) Refer the matter to him for enquiry.
  • Proportionate to ( আনুপাতিক ) Punishment should be proportionate to offence.

Idioms:

  • Round the clock ( সমস্ত দিন ) He is working round the clock.
  • a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.
  • At once back and call ( বাধ্য ) He is always at my back and call.
  • To the letter ( অক্ষরে অক্ষরে ) He followed my advice to the letter.