"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.
  • Deal in ( ব্যবসা করা ) He deals in rice.
  • Interest in ( আগ্রহ ) He has a special interest in history.
  • Argue against ( যূক্তি দেখানো (কোন কিছু) ) I argued with him against the point.
  • Offended at ( বিরক্ত (কোন কাজে) ) I am offended with you at your conduct.
  • Restore to ( ফিরিয়ে দেওয়া ) Restore his property to him.

Idioms:

  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • Cats and dogs ( মূষল ধারে ) It was raining cats and dogs.
  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.
  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • Bag and baggage ( তল্পিতল্পাসহ ) He left the place bag and baggage.