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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Deprived of ( বঞ্চিত ) He was deprived of his property.
  • Proportionate to ( আনুপাতিক ) Punishment should be proportionate to offence.
  • Apply to ( আবেদন করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He applied to he Secretary for the post.
  • Vary from ( আলাদা হওয়া ) His opinion varies from his brother's.
  • Dedicate to ( উৎসর্গ করা ) This book is dedicated to his father.
  • Beware of ( সতর্ক হওয়া ) Beware of pick-pockets.

Idioms:

  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.
  • be bad at ( দক্ষ না হওয়া )
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.
  • Gift of the gab ( বাককটুতা ) An advocate should have the gift of the gab.
  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather