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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Attend upon ( সেবা করা ) She attends upon her mother.
  • Displeased with ( অসন্তুষ্ট ) I am displeased with him at his conduct.
  • Familiar with ( সুপরিচিত ) He is familiar with my brother.
  • Retire from ( অবসর লওয়া ) He retired from service on a pension.
  • Disgrace to ( কলঙ্ক ) He is disgrace to his family.
  • Proportionate to ( আনুপাতিক ) Punishment should be proportionate to offence.

Idioms:

  • A black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) Tom is a black sheep in their family
  • Build castles in the air ( আকাশ কুসুম চিন্তা করা ) Don't idle away your time in building castles in the air.
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Out of date ( অপ্রচলিত ) This fashion is now out of date.