"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.
  • Succeed in ( সাফল্য লাভ করা ) He will succeed in life.
  • Capable to ( সক্ষম ) He is capable of doing this alone.
  • Plead with ( ওকালতি করা (ব্যক্তি) ) I pleaded with him for justice.
  • Based on ( ভিত্তি থাকা ) Your remarks were not based on the facts.
  • Engaged in ( নিযুক্ত (কাজে) ) I was engaged with him in talk.

Idioms:

  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • Rank and file ( সাধারণ লোক ) We should pay attention to the rank and file of the country.
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.
  • Burning question ( তীব্র বিতর্কের বিষয় ) The problem of the dowry system is the burning question of the day.
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • On the spur of the moment ( মুহুর্তের উত্তেজনায় ) He did it on the spur of the moment.