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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.
  • Provide against ( পূর্বে ব্যবস্থা করা ; সরবরাহ করা ) You must provide against evil days for your children.
  • Compete for ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন কিছু) ) He competed for the first position.
  • Sure of ( নিশ্চিত ) I am sure of success.
  • Hope for ( আশা করা ) Let us hope for the best.
  • Wanting in ( বিহীন ) He is wanting in common sense.

Idioms:

  • Black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) He is a black sheep in his family.
  • At a loss ( হতবু্দ্ধি ; কিংকর্তব্যবিমূঢ় ) He was at a loss and did not know what to do.
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.
  • Set free ( মুক্ত করা ) The prisoners were set free.
  • Flesh and blood ( রক্তমাংসের শরীর ) Flesh and blood cannot bear with such insults.
  • Rank and file ( সাধারণ লোক ) We should pay attention to the rank and file of the country.