"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.
  • Alternative to ( বিকল্প ) This question is alternative to that.
  • Close to ( নিকটে ) The school is very close to our house.
  • Appeal for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He appealed for pardon.
  • Essential to ( অত্যাবশ্যক ) Food is essential to health.
  • Zealous for ( আগ্রহী ) He is zealous for improvement.

Idioms:

  • Make both ends meet ( আয়ব্যয় মেলানো ) I cannot make both ends meet with my small income.
  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.
  • know from a bare hint ( এক আঁচরেই বোঝা )
  • Burning question ( তীব্র বিতর্কের বিষয় ) The problem of the dowry system is the burning question of the day.
  • bunch of fives ( মুষ্টি ; পাঁচ আঙ্গুলের মুঠো ) Rock can break anything with his bunch of fives.
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.