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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Sick of ( পীড়িত, ক্লান্ত ) He is sick for home.
  • Refer to ( বিচারার্থে পাঠানো ) Refer the matter to him for enquiry.
  • Proportionate to ( আনুপাতিক ) Punishment should be proportionate to offence.
  • Consist of ( গঠিত হওয়া ) This class consists of fifty boys and thirty girls.
  • Accompanied by ( সঙ্গী হওয়া ) He was accompanied by his father.
  • Resign to ( আত্মসমর্পন করা (স্বয়ং) ) I resigned myself to fate

Idioms:

  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • A slow coach ( কর্মকুণ্ঠ ও মন্থর ব্যাক্তি ) Roky is known as a slow coach to his friend circle.
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.
  • Bosom friend ( অন্তরঙ্গ বন্ধু ) Rifat is my bosom friend.
  • Come off with flying colours ( জয়লাভ করা ) Our School team came off with flying colours.
  • Wild goose chase ( পন্ডশ্রম ) Do not waste time in wild goose chase.