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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Lame of ( খোঁড়া ) He is lame of one leg.
  • Addicted to ( আসক্ত ) He is addicted to separate.
  • Proportionate to ( আনুপাতিক ) Punishment should be proportionate to offence.
  • Superior to ( উৎকৃষ্টতর ) This type of rice is superior to that.
  • Officiate for ( পরিবর্তে কাজ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He officiated for me in that post.
  • Triumph over ( জয় করা ) Jim and Della triumphed over their poverty.

Idioms:

  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • Slip of the pen ( লেখায় অসতর্কতাবশতঃ সামান্য ভুল ) This mistake is due to a slip of the pen.
  • Apple of discord ( বিবাদেয় বিষয় ) The paternal property has become an apple of discord between the two brothers.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • Weal and woe ( সুখ-দুঃখ ) Human life is full of weal and woe.
  • bad faith ( বিশ্বাসঘাতকতা )