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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.
  • Resign to ( আত্মসমর্পন করা (স্বয়ং) ) I resigned myself to fate
  • Eager about ( আগ্রহী ) He is eager about the result.
  • Proportionate to ( আনুপাতিক ) Punishment should be proportionate to offence.
  • Anxious about ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) I am anxious about my health.
  • Enquire of ( অনুসন্ধান করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He enquired of me into the matter.

Idioms:

  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • Weal and woe ( সুখ-দুঃখ ) Human life is full of weal and woe.
  • By far ( সর্বাংশে ) He is by far the best boy in the class.
  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.
  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.
  • a piece of cake ( খুবই সহজ ) This assignment is a piece of cake