"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.
  • Liking for ( রুচি ) She has a liking for music.
  • Contrary to ( বিপরীত ) His action is contrary to his words.
  • Argue against ( যূক্তি দেখানো (কোন কিছু) ) I argued with him against the point.
  • Care of ( যত্ন নেওয়া ) Take care of your health.
  • Occur to ( মনে হওয়া ) The idea never occurred to me.

Idioms:

  • Call a spade a spade ( অপ্রিয় সত্য কথা বলা ) I have no hesitation to call a spade a spade.
  • Book worm ( গ্রন্থকীট ) Don't be a book worm.
  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush