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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Agree to ( একমত হওয়া (প্রস্তাব) ) I can't agree to the proposals.
  • Provide against ( পূর্বে ব্যবস্থা করা ; সরবরাহ করা ) You must provide against evil days for your children.
  • Prone to ( ঝোঁক আছে এমন ) He is prone to idleness.
  • Make for ( অগ্রসর হওয়া ) The ship made for England.
  • Resign to ( আত্মসমর্পন করা (স্বয়ং) ) I resigned myself to fate
  • Fatal to ( মারাত্মক ) he doctor's mistake proved fatal to his life.

Idioms:

  • To the contrary ( কাহারও বক্তব্যের বিপক্ষে ) In the court he said nothing to the contrary.
  • At all ( আদৌ ) He does not know French at all.
  • Call a spade a spade ( অপ্রিয় সত্য কথা বলা ) I have no hesitation to call a spade a spade.
  • Household word ( সকলের পরিচিত নাম ) Mother Teresa's name has now become a household word.
  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather
  • All but ( প্রায় ) The poor villagers are all but ruined.