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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Eager about ( আগ্রহী ) He is eager about the result.
  • Offensive to ( বিরক্তিকর ) This acrid smell is offensive to me.
  • Feel for ( সহানুভূতি অনুভব করা ) I feel for you in your trouble.
  • Ashamed for ( লজ্জিত ) I feel ashamed for you.
  • Proportionate to ( আনুপাতিক ) Punishment should be proportionate to offence.
  • Sentence to ( দন্ডাদেশ দেওয়া ) He was sentenced to death for murder.

Idioms:

  • ABC ( প্রাথমিক জ্ঞান ) Everybody must know at least the ABC of religion.
  • Come off with flying colours ( জয়লাভ করা ) Our School team came off with flying colours.
  • Pros and cons ( খুঁটিনাটি ) You should consider the Pros and cons of the system.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • Gift of the gab ( বাককটুতা ) An advocate should have the gift of the gab.
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.