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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Restrict to ( সীমাবব্ধ করা ) Admission was restricted to students.
  • Lame of ( খোঁড়া ) He is lame of one leg.
  • Close to ( নিকটে ) The school is very close to our house.
  • Overcome with ( দমন করা ) He was overcome with fatigue.
  • Proportionate to ( আনুপাতিক ) Punishment should be proportionate to offence.
  • Envious of ( ঈর্ষান্বিত ) I am not envious of his riches.

Idioms:

  • feather ones nest ( কাজ গুছিয়ে নেওয়া )
  • vile sycophant ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • In lieu of ( পরিবর্তে ) Give me this pen in lieu of that.
  • At a low ebb ( নিম্নমুখী ) His fame is at a low ebb now.
  • Red tape ( লাল ফিতার বাঁধন ; আমলাতান্ত্রিকতা ) Red tapism causes delay in official work.
  • in the doldrums ( উদাসীন ভাবাপন্ন )