"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.
  • Belong to ( অধিকারে থাকা ) This house is no more belongs to him.
  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Smile on ( অনুগ্রহ করা ) Fortune smiled on him.
  • Abound with ( প্রচুর পরিমাণে থাকা ) The ocean abounds with fish.
  • Sick of ( পীড়িত, ক্লান্ত ) He is sick for home.

Idioms:

  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • Turn a deaf ear to ( মনোযোগ না দেওয়া ) He turned a deaf ear to my proposal.
  • In time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) He reached the station in time.
  • All but ( প্রায় ) The poor villagers are all but ruined.
  • From hand to mouth ( দিন আনে দিন খায় ) The poor man lives form hand to mouth.
  • pound of flesh ( এক চুল এদিক ওদিক নয় )