"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.
  • Officiate for ( পরিবর্তে কাজ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He officiated for me in that post.
  • Blind of ( দৃষ্টিশক্তিতে অন্ধ ) He is blind of one eye.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Look at ( তাকানো ) Look at the moon.
  • Comment on ( মন্তব্য করা ) He commented favorably on the point.

Idioms:

  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.
  • Wild goose chase ( পন্ডশ্রম ) Do not waste time in wild goose chase.
  • Lame excuse ( বাজে গুজব ) This lame excuse will to do.
  • Stone's throw ( অতি নিকটে ) Our school is at a stone's throw form our house.
  • Flesh and blood ( রক্তমাংসের শরীর ) Flesh and blood cannot bear with such insults.
  • Black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) He is a black sheep in his family.