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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Fond of ( অনুরাগী ) Children are fond of sweets.
  • Weak of ( দূর্বল ) He is weak of understanding.
  • Talk to ( কথা বলা (ব্যক্তি) ) I am talking to (with) Mr. Roy.
  • Close to ( নিকটে ) The school is very close to our house.
  • Lament for ( বিলাপ করা ) She lamented for her child.
  • Proportionate to ( আনুপাতিক ) Punishment should be proportionate to offence.

Idioms:

  • All at once ( হঠাৎ ) All at once a tiger came out of the forest.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • queer go ( অদ্ভুত ব্যপার )
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • feather ones nest ( কাজ গুছিয়ে নেওয়া )
  • At once back and call ( বাধ্য ) He is always at my back and call.