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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Fond of ( অনুরাগী ) Children are fond of sweets.
  • Provide against ( পূর্বে ব্যবস্থা করা ; সরবরাহ করা ) You must provide against evil days for your children.
  • Essential to ( অত্যাবশ্যক ) Food is essential to health.
  • Void of ( বিহীন ) He is void of common sense.
  • Alarmed at ( আতঙ্কিত ) We were alarmed at he news.
  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.

Idioms:

  • Square meal ( পেট ভরা আহার ) He is too poor to have a square meal every day.
  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.
  • Read between the lines ( তাৎপর্য বোঝা ) Try to read between the lines of the letter.
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • Gala Day ( উৎসবের দিন ) The 15th August is a gala day to the Indians.
  • vile sycophant ( খঁয়ের খা )