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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Indifferent to ( উদাসীন ) He is indifferent to our problem.
  • Proportionate to ( আনুপাতিক ) Punishment should be proportionate to offence.
  • Exempt from ( রেহাই দেওয়া ) He was exempted from the fine.
  • Arrive at ( পৌঁছানো ) We arrived at the station in time.
  • Rely on ( নির্ভর করা ) You can rely on him.
  • According to ( অনুসারে ) According to his order i went there.

Idioms:

  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • have a bad time ( দুশ্চিন্তায় কাল কাটানো ; দুঃসময়ে পড়া )
  • At last ( অবশেষে ) I got my missing book at last.
  • In cold blood ( ঠান্ডা মাথায় ) They committed this murder in cold blood.