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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Remedy for ( প্রতিকার ) There is no remedy for this disease.
  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.
  • Lay by ( সঞ্চয় করা ) Lay by something for the old age.
  • Prohibit from ( বারণ করা ) I prohibited him from going there.
  • Diffident of ( সন্দিগ্ধ ) I am diffident of success.
  • Contrary to ( বিপরীত ) His action is contrary to his words.

Idioms:

  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • Bad blood ( মনোমালিন্য ; শত্রতা ; দ্বেষ ) Now there is bad blood between the two brothers.
  • ABC ( প্রাথমিক জ্ঞান ) Everybody must know at least the ABC of religion.
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • By leaps and bounds ( অতি দ্রুতগতিতে ) The population of Bangladesh is increasing by leaps and bounds.
  • In the mean time ( ইতিমধ্যে ) Lila will come here to-night. In the mean time you should get her room ready.