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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Due to ( কারণে ) His absence is due to illness.
  • Preferable to ( অধিক পছন্দযোগ্য ) Death is preferable to dishonor.
  • Late in ( দেরি ) Why are you so late in coming?
  • Proportionate to ( আনুপাতিক ) Punishment should be proportionate to offence.
  • Lacking in ( অভাব আছে এমন ) He is lacking in courage.
  • Envy of ( ঈর্ষা ) I have no envy of him.

Idioms:

  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • Call to mind ( স্মরণ করা ) I cannot call to mind your name.
  • Square meal ( পেট ভরা আহার ) He is too poor to have a square meal every day.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • At a loss ( হতবু্দ্ধি ; কিংকর্তব্যবিমূঢ় ) He was at a loss and did not know what to do.
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.