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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Junior to ( নিম্নপদস্থ ; বয়সে কম ) He is junior to me in service.
  • Slow of ( ধীর ) He is slow of speech. He is slow at figures. He is slow in writing.
  • Proportionate to ( আনুপাতিক ) Punishment should be proportionate to offence.
  • Polite in ( নম্র ) He is polite in his manners. (Polite to strangers).
  • Sentence to ( দন্ডাদেশ দেওয়া ) He was sentenced to death for murder.
  • Consistent with ( সামঞ্জস্যপূর্ণ ) Your action is not consistent with the rules.

Idioms:

  • to the bad ( মন্দাবস্থায় ; ঘাটতি অবস্থায় )
  • A black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) Tom is a black sheep in their family
  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.
  • Catch red handed ( হাতে নাতে ধরা ) The thief was caught red handed.
  • Chip of the old block ( বাপকা বেটা ) He is a chip of the old black.
  • Stone's throw ( অতি নিকটে ) Our school is at a stone's throw form our house.