"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.
  • Dull of ( বোধশক্তিহীন ) He is dull of understanding.
  • Based on ( ভিত্তি থাকা ) Your remarks were not based on the facts.
  • Allot to ( বিলি করা ) One room has been allotted to him.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Accompanied by ( সঙ্গী হওয়া ) He was accompanied by his father.

Idioms:

  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • Bid fair ( ভালো কিছু আশা করা ) He bids fair to be a good doctor.
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.
  • Lame excuse ( বাজে গুজব ) This lame excuse will to do.
  • In force ( বলবৎ ) This law is in force now.