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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Feel for ( সহানুভূতি অনুভব করা ) I feel for you in your trouble.
  • Proportionate to ( আনুপাতিক ) Punishment should be proportionate to offence.
  • Deprived of ( বঞ্চিত ) He was deprived of his property.
  • Mourn for ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn for the dead.
  • Rejoice in ( আনন্দ করা ) Every one rejoiced in her success.
  • Argue for ( যূক্তি দেখানো (কোন কিছু) ) I argued with him for the point.

Idioms:

  • Carry the day ( জয়লাভ করা ) Rajib, the best player of the school, carried the day in the annual sports.
  • Slip of the pen ( লেখায় অসতর্কতাবশতঃ সামান্য ভুল ) This mistake is due to a slip of the pen.
  • Out of sorts ( ঈষৎ অসুস্থ ) He is out of sorts now.
  • In black and white ( লিখিতভাবে ) Put down the statement in black and white.
  • By all means ( সবর্প্রকার ) Try to do it by all means.
  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.