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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Provide with ( সরবরাহ করা (কোন জিনিস) ) I provide (supply) him with food.
  • Play on ( বাজানো ) He played on guitar.
  • Eager for ( আগ্রহী ) He is eager for promotion in service.
  • Mourn for ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn for the dead.
  • Congratulate on ( অভিনন্দিত করা ) I congratulate you on your success.
  • Control over ( নিয়ন্ত্রণ ) He has no control over his brother.

Idioms:

  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • Turn a deaf ear to ( মনোযোগ না দেওয়া ) He turned a deaf ear to my proposal.
  • To the contrary ( কাহারও বক্তব্যের বিপক্ষে ) In the court he said nothing to the contrary.
  • Far and wide ( সর্বত্র ) His fame as a scholar spread far and wide
  • Up and downs ( উন্থানপতন ) There are ups and downs in a man's life.