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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Congratulate on ( অভিনন্দিত করা ) I congratulate you on your success.
  • Partial to ( পক্ষপাত দুষ্ট ) He is partial to his son.
  • Dedicate to ( উৎসর্গ করা ) This book is dedicated to his father.
  • Engaged in ( নিযুক্ত (কাজে) ) I was engaged with him in talk.
  • Proportionate to ( আনুপাতিক ) Punishment should be proportionate to offence.
  • Acquainted with ( পরিচিত ) I am acquainted with her.

Idioms:

  • Chip of the old block ( বাপকা বেটা ) He is a chip of the old black.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • Bad blood ( মনোমালিন্য ; শত্রতা ; দ্বেষ ) Now there is bad blood between the two brothers.
  • reinvent the wheel ( এমন কোনকিছু তৈরিতে সময় নষ্ট করা যা বর্তমানে বিদ্যমান ও ঠিকঠাক কাজ করে ) There's no point in us reinventing the wheel
  • Red tape ( লাল ফিতার বাঁধন ; আমলাতান্ত্রিকতা ) Red tapism causes delay in official work.
  • Black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) He is a black sheep in his family.