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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Provide against ( পূর্বে ব্যবস্থা করা ; সরবরাহ করা ) You must provide against evil days for your children.
  • Weak in ( কাঁচা ) He is weak in Mathematics.
  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.
  • Faithful to ( বিশ্বস্ত ) The dog is faithful to his master.
  • Parallel to ( সমান্তরাল ) This line is parallel to that.
  • Quick of ( চটপটে ) He is quick of understanding.

Idioms:

  • reinvent the wheel ( এমন কোনকিছু তৈরিতে সময় নষ্ট করা যা বর্তমানে বিদ্যমান ও ঠিকঠাক কাজ করে ) There's no point in us reinventing the wheel
  • Stone's throw ( অতি নিকটে ) Our school is at a stone's throw form our house.
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.
  • keep your chin up ( সুখি হওয়া ) His attempt keep your chin up
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • Part and parcel ( অবিচ্ছেদ্য অংশ ) Discipline is part and parcel of administration.