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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Look up ( শব্দার্থ খোঁজা ) Look up the word in the dictionary.
  • Afraid of ( ভীত ) I am not afraid of ghosts.
  • Provide with ( সরবরাহ করা (কোন জিনিস) ) I provide (supply) him with food.
  • Attend on ( সেবা করা ) She attends on her mother.
  • Offensive to ( বিরক্তিকর ) This acrid smell is offensive to me.
  • Respond to ( উত্তর দেওয়া ) Nobody responded to my call.

Idioms:

  • In order to ( উদ্দেশ্য ) He came here in order to meet my mother.
  • As if ( যেন ) He swims so beautifully as if he is the Olympic gold medalist.
  • Part and parcel ( অবিচ্ছেদ্য অংশ ) Discipline is part and parcel of administration.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • bad faith ( বিশ্বাসঘাতকতা )