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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Quarrel about ( কলহ করা (কোনকিছু) ) They quarreled with one another about the property.
  • Hard of ( কম শোনা ) He is hard of hearing.
  • Provide with ( সরবরাহ করা (কোন জিনিস) ) I provide (supply) him with food.
  • Based on ( ভিত্তি থাকা ) Your remarks were not based on the facts.
  • Excuse for ( অব্যাহতি দেওয়া ) He will not be excused for coming late.
  • Enquire of ( অনুসন্ধান করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He enquired of me into the matter.

Idioms:

  • a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.
  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather
  • Hard and fast ( বাঁধা ধরা ) There is no such hard and fast rule in this matter.
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • Carry the day ( জয়লাভ করা ) Rajib, the best player of the school, carried the day in the annual sports.
  • From hand to mouth ( দিন আনে দিন খায় ) The poor man lives form hand to mouth.