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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Annoyed with ( বিরক্ত (ব্যক্তি) ) I was annoyed with him for being late.
  • Proportionate to ( আনুপাতিক ) Punishment should be proportionate to offence.
  • Attend on ( সেবা করা ) She attends on her mother.
  • Engaged to ( বাগদত্ত ) Lila was engaged to him.
  • Informed of ( অবহিত ) I was not informed of your misfortune.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.

Idioms:

  • Curry favour ( তোষামোদ করিয়ে প্রিয় হওয়া ) He knows how to curry favour with officers.
  • Crying need ( জরুরী প্রয়োজন ) Mass education is the crying need of Bangladesh.
  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • At last ( অবশেষে ) I got my missing book at last.
  • Stone's throw ( অতি নিকটে ) Our school is at a stone's throw form our house.