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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Capable to ( সক্ষম ) He is capable of doing this alone.
  • Tell upon ( ক্ষতি করা ) Over-eating tells upon health.
  • Lacking in ( অভাব আছে এমন ) He is lacking in courage.
  • Dedicate to ( উৎসর্গ করা ) This book is dedicated to his father.
  • Proportionate to ( আনুপাতিক ) Punishment should be proportionate to offence.
  • Stare at ( একদৃষ্টিতে তাকানো ) She stared at me.

Idioms:

  • At random ( বেপরোয়া ; এলোমেলো ) He hit the ball at random.
  • In a fix ( মুশকিলে পতিত ) He is in a fix and does not know what to do.
  • Sink in ( আবদ্ধ হওয়া, ডুবে যাওয়া ) He sank in mud or the ship sank into the sea.
  • Cats and dogs ( মূষল ধারে ) It was raining cats and dogs.
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • All at once ( হঠাৎ ) All at once a tiger came out of the forest.