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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Parallel to ( সমান্তরাল ) This line is parallel to that.
  • Search of ( অনুসন্ধানে ব্যস্ত ) They are in search of nice bird.
  • Proportionate to ( আনুপাতিক ) Punishment should be proportionate to offence.
  • Slow of ( ধীর ) He is slow of speech. He is slow at figures. He is slow in writing.
  • Crave for ( আকাঙ্খা করা ) He craves for wealth.
  • Adjacent to ( সংলগ্ন ) Her college is adjacent to her house.

Idioms:

  • At home ( দক্ষ ) He is at home in mathematics.
  • blue blood ( অভিজাত বংশের রক্ত বহনকারী )
  • In a fix ( মুশকিলে পতিত ) He is in a fix and does not know what to do.
  • put the cart before the horse ( স্বাভাবিক অবস্থা উলটাইয়া দেওয়া ; অস্বাভাবিক অবস্থা পরিণত করা )
  • Kith and kin ( নিকট আত্মীয় ) He has no good relationship with his kith and kin.
  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.