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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Accompanied by ( সঙ্গী হওয়া ) He was accompanied by his father.
  • Overcome by ( দমন করা ) He was overcome by anger.
  • Ill with ( অসুস্থ ) He is ill with fever.
  • Provide with ( সরবরাহ করা (কোন জিনিস) ) I provide (supply) him with food.
  • Quick of ( চটপটে ) He is quick of understanding.
  • Prior to ( পূর্বে ) Prior to that, he was in a wretched condition.

Idioms:

  • bell the cat ( সর্তকতার জন্য বিড়ালের গলায় ঘন্টা বাধা ; কোন কাজ যেটা অর্জন করা কঠিন বা অসম্ভব ) Everybody is trying but who actually bell the cat?
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • In the long run ( পরিশেষে ) You will have to suffer in the long run.
  • Above board ( সংশয়হীন ভাবে নির্দোষ ) His activities are open and above board.
  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.
  • In fine ( পরিশেষ ) In fine he declared his plan.