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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Occur to ( মনে হওয়া ) The idea never occurred to me.
  • Provide against ( পূর্বে ব্যবস্থা করা ; সরবরাহ করা ) You must provide against evil days for your children.
  • Capable to ( সক্ষম ) He is capable of doing this alone.
  • Pleased with ( সন্তুষ্ট ) I am pleased with him.
  • Live by ( কোন উপায়ে বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives by honest means.
  • Despair of ( নিরাশ হওয়া ) Do not despair of success.

Idioms:

  • Bad blood ( মনোমালিন্য ; শত্রতা ; দ্বেষ ) Now there is bad blood between the two brothers.
  • Curry favour ( তোষামোদ করিয়ে প্রিয় হওয়া ) He knows how to curry favour with officers.
  • Stick to ( দৃঢ়ভাবে লেগে থাকা ) He sticks to his decision.
  • Red letter day ( স্মরণীয় দিন ) The 21 February is a red letter day in the history of Bangladesh.
  • At arm’s length ( দূরে ) Try to keep the bad boy at arm’s length.
  • Bosom friend ( অন্তরঙ্গ বন্ধু ) Rifat is my bosom friend.