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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Resign to ( আত্মসমর্পন করা (স্বয়ং) ) I resigned myself to fate
  • Listen to ( শোনা ) Listen to the news on the radio.
  • Provide against ( পূর্বে ব্যবস্থা করা ; সরবরাহ করা ) You must provide against evil days for your children.
  • Polite in ( নম্র ) He is polite in his manners. (Polite to strangers).
  • Junior to ( নিম্নপদস্থ ; বয়সে কম ) He is junior to me in service.
  • Comment on ( মন্তব্য করা ) He commented favorably on the point.

Idioms:

  • Curry favour ( তোষামোদ করিয়ে প্রিয় হওয়া ) He knows how to curry favour with officers.
  • Part and parcel ( অবিচ্ছেদ্য অংশ ) Discipline is part and parcel of administration.
  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.
  • In black and white ( লিখিতভাবে ) Put down the statement in black and white.
  • At one’s own sweet will ( খুশি মতো ) He still does it at his own sweet will.
  • Red tape ( লাল ফিতার বাঁধন ; আমলাতান্ত্রিকতা ) Red tapism causes delay in official work.