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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Contrary to ( বিপরীত ) His action is contrary to his words.
  • Wait on ( সেবা করা ) The nurse waited on the patient.
  • Provide with ( সরবরাহ করা (কোন জিনিস) ) I provide (supply) him with food.
  • Look up ( শব্দার্থ খোঁজা ) Look up the word in the dictionary.
  • Admit to ( ভর্তি করা ) Khadil was admitted to university.
  • Exempt from ( রেহাই দেওয়া ) He was exempted from the fine.

Idioms:

  • Maiden speech ( প্রথম বক্তৃতা ) His maiden speech fell flat on the audience.
  • Slow coach ( অলস প্রকৃতির লোক ) You cannot expect much from a slow coach like him.
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.
  • Come to light ( প্রকাশিত হওয়া ) Their private talk has come to light at last.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.