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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Hope for ( আশা করা ) Let us hope for the best.
  • Provide against ( পূর্বে ব্যবস্থা করা ; সরবরাহ করা ) You must provide against evil days for your children.
  • Count for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) His advice counts for nothing.
  • Argue for ( যূক্তি দেখানো (কোন কিছু) ) I argued with him for the point.
  • Smile on ( অনুগ্রহ করা ) Fortune smiled on him.
  • Void of ( বিহীন ) He is void of common sense.

Idioms:

  • By far ( সর্বাংশে ) He is by far the best boy in the class.
  • By leaps and bounds ( অতি দ্রুতগতিতে ) The population of Bangladesh is increasing by leaps and bounds.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • vile sycophant ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.