"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.
  • Based on ( ভিত্তি থাকা ) Your remarks were not based on the facts.
  • Prior to ( পূর্বে ) Prior to that, he was in a wretched condition.
  • Dispose of ( বিক্রয় করা ) He disposed of his books.
  • Junior to ( নিম্নপদস্থ ; বয়সে কম ) He is junior to me in service.
  • Argue against ( যূক্তি দেখানো (কোন কিছু) ) I argued with him against the point.

Idioms:

  • Fish in a troubled water ( এলোমোলো অবস্থায় সুযোগ নেওয়া ) He made a lot of money by fishing in a troubled water.
  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )
  • Hush money ( ঘুষ ) He offered a hush money to suppress the murder.
  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.
  • Maiden speech ( প্রথম বক্তৃতা ) His maiden speech fell flat on the audience.
  • Moot point ( অমীমাংসিত বিষয় ) Dowry system is still a moot point in Bangladesh.