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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Proportionate to ( আনুপাতিক ) Punishment should be proportionate to offence.
  • Senior to ( বয়সে বড়, উচ্চপদস্থ ) He is senior to me by four years.
  • Envy of ( ঈর্ষা ) I have no envy of him.
  • Composed of ( তৈরি ) Water is composed of Hydrogen and Oxygen.
  • Void of ( বিহীন ) He is void of common sense.
  • Look up ( শব্দার্থ খোঁজা ) Look up the word in the dictionary.

Idioms:

  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • Out of doors ( বাহিরে ) It is rather cold out of doors.
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • bad faith ( বিশ্বাসঘাতকতা )
  • By hook or by crook ( যে কোন উপায়ে ) You must do this work by hook or by crook.
  • be on ones back ( একেবারে কুপোকাত )