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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Offensive to ( বিরক্তিকর ) This acrid smell is offensive to me.
  • Wonder at ( অবাক হওয়া ) I wonder at his ignorance.
  • Proportionate to ( আনুপাতিক ) Punishment should be proportionate to offence.
  • Care of ( যত্ন নেওয়া ) Take care of your health.
  • End in ( শেষ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.
  • Alarmed at ( আতঙ্কিত ) We were alarmed at he news.

Idioms:

  • Read between the lines ( তাৎপর্য বোঝা ) Try to read between the lines of the letter.
  • Set free ( মুক্ত করা ) The prisoners were set free.
  • 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.
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.
  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.
  • Make both ends meet ( আয়ব্যয় মেলানো ) I cannot make both ends meet with my small income.