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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Proportionate to ( আনুপাতিক ) Punishment should be proportionate to offence.
  • Consist of ( গঠিত হওয়া ) This class consists of fifty boys and thirty girls.
  • Wanting in ( বিহীন ) He is wanting in common sense.
  • Conscious of ( সচেতন ) He is conscious of his weakness.
  • Inferior to ( নিকৃষ্ট ; হীন ) He is inferior to his neighbour.
  • Superior to ( উৎকৃষ্টতর ) This type of rice is superior to that.

Idioms:

  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.
  • Turn over a new leaf ( নূতনের সূচনা ) After his failure he turned over a new leaf.
  • By hook or by crook ( যে কোন উপায়ে ) You must do this work by hook or by crook.
  • Take to heart ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) He took his remark to heart.
  • reap the harvest of sin ( কর্ম ভোগ করা )
  • Black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) He is a black sheep in his family.