"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.
  • Close to ( নিকটে ) The school is very close to our house.
  • Dull of ( বোধশক্তিহীন ) He is dull of understanding.
  • Tolerant of ( সহিষ্ণু ) We must be tolerant of opposition.
  • in favour of ( পক্ষে ) He spoke in favour of his friend.
  • Due to ( কারণে ) His absence is due to illness.

Idioms:

  • walk in someone shoes ( কারো অভিজ্ঞতা বা অবস্থানে থাকা বোঝায় ) When you walk in my shoes, you might understand.
  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.
  • Turn down ( প্রত্যাখান করা ) He turned down my proposal.
  • 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?
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • End in smoke ( ব্যর্থ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.