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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Avail of ( সুযোগ গ্রহণ করা ) You must avail yourself of the business.
  • Faithful to ( বিশ্বস্ত ) The dog is faithful to his master.
  • Contribute to ( দান হিসাবে দেওয়া ) He contributed one thousand taka to the Flood Relief Fund.
  • Prefer to ( অধিক পছন্দ করা ) I prefer coffee to tea.
  • Blind to ( দোষের প্রতি অন্ধ ) He is blind to his won faults.
  • Supply with ( যোগান দেওয়া (কোন জিনিস) ) He supplied us with food.

Idioms:

  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • A bed of roses ( সুখ-স্বাচ্ছন্দ্যপূর্ণ জীবন ) Many people think that life is a bed of roses
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • All at once ( হঠাৎ ) All at once a tiger came out of the forest.
  • Square meal ( পেট ভরা আহার ) He is too poor to have a square meal every day.