"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.
  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.
  • Dull at ( কাঁচা ) He is dull at Physics.
  • Pleased with ( সন্তুষ্ট ) I am pleased with him.
  • Despair of ( নিরাশ হওয়া ) Do not despair of success.
  • Wait on ( সেবা করা ) The nurse waited on the patient.

Idioms:

  • End in smoke ( ব্যর্থ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.
  • Set free ( মুক্ত করা ) The prisoners were set free.
  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.
  • At arm’s length ( দূরে ) Try to keep the bad boy at arm’s length.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • In full swing ( পুরাদমে ) The school is now in full swing.