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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Provide against ( পূর্বে ব্যবস্থা করা ; সরবরাহ করা ) You must provide against evil days for your children.
  • Long for ( কামনা করা ) He longed for fame.
  • Restrict to ( সীমাবব্ধ করা ) Admission was restricted to students.
  • Oblige to ( বাধিত করা ) I am obliged to him for his co-operation.
  • Fatal to ( মারাত্মক ) he doctor's mistake proved fatal to his life.
  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.

Idioms:

  • Above all ( প্রধানত ; সর্বোপরি ) We should be kind, polite, and above all honest.
  • Call a spade a spade ( অপ্রিয় সত্য কথা বলা ) I have no hesitation to call a spade a spade.
  • Far and wide ( সর্বত্র ) His fame as a scholar spread far and wide
  • In the mean time ( ইতিমধ্যে ) Lila will come here to-night. In the mean time you should get her room ready.
  • host in himself ( একাই একশ )
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.