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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Overcome by ( দমন করা ) He was overcome by anger.
  • Engaged to ( বাগদত্ত ) Lila was engaged to him.
  • Obsessed by ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is obsessed by the idea.
  • Proportionate to ( আনুপাতিক ) Punishment should be proportionate to offence.
  • Think of ( চিন্তা করা (ব্যক্তি) ) What do you think of (about) him?
  • Escape by ( রক্ষা করা ) He escaped by a hair breadth.

Idioms:

  • From hand to mouth ( দিন আনে দিন খায় ) The poor man lives form hand to mouth.
  • Read between the lines ( তাৎপর্য বোঝা ) Try to read between the lines of the letter.
  • Big gun ( নেতৃস্থানীয় ব্যক্তি ) He is a big gun of our locality.
  • a rotten apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few rotten apples.
  • Bid fair ( ভালো কিছু আশা করা ) He bids fair to be a good doctor.
  • to the bad ( মন্দাবস্থায় ; ঘাটতি অবস্থায় )