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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Provide with ( সরবরাহ করা (কোন জিনিস) ) I provide (supply) him with food.
  • Aptitude for ( স্বাভাবিক দক্ষতা ) I have no aptitude for Mathematics.
  • Admit to ( ভর্তি করা ) Khadil was admitted to university.
  • Devote to ( উৎসর্গ করা ) He devotes much time to study.
  • Indifferent to ( উদাসীন ) He is indifferent to our problem.
  • Dull of ( বোধশক্তিহীন ) He is dull of understanding.

Idioms:

  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.
  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • At arm’s length ( দূরে ) Try to keep the bad boy at arm’s length.
  • A blessing in disguise ( বিপরীতে হিত ; প্রথমে খারাপ হিসেবে মনে হলেও পরবর্তীতে ভালো হয় ) Sam's motorcycle accident was a blessing in disguise because he got enough insurance money.
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.