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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Preferable to ( অধিক পছন্দযোগ্য ) Death is preferable to dishonor.
  • Equal with ( সমতুল্য (ব্যক্তি) ) Mr.Karim is equal in rank with Mr.Rahim.
  • Proportionate to ( আনুপাতিক ) Punishment should be proportionate to offence.
  • Polite in ( নম্র ) He is polite in his manners. (Polite to strangers).
  • Abound in ( প্রচুর পরিমাণে থাকা ) Fish abounds in this river.
  • Weak of ( দূর্বল ) He is weak of understanding.

Idioms:

  • Fall flat ( ফলপ্রসূ না হওয়া ) My advice feel fiat on him.
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • Weal and woe ( সুখ-দুঃখ ) Human life is full of weal and woe.
  • Carry the day ( জয়লাভ করা ) Rajib, the best player of the school, carried the day in the annual sports.
  • Slip of the pen ( লেখায় অসতর্কতাবশতঃ সামান্য ভুল ) This mistake is due to a slip of the pen.
  • breathe out ( নিঃশ্বাস ত্যাগ করা ) At last, he breathed his last breath out, and that was the end.