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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Think of ( চিন্তা করা (ব্যক্তি) ) What do you think of (about) him?
  • Provide against ( পূর্বে ব্যবস্থা করা ; সরবরাহ করা ) You must provide against evil days for your children.
  • Disgusted at ( বিরক্ত ) I am disgusted with him at his conduct.
  • Retire from ( অবসর লওয়া ) He retired from service on a pension.
  • Guess at ( অনুমান করা ) Can you guess at her age?
  • Glance at ( চোখ বুলিয়ে নেওয়া ) He glanced at me casually.

Idioms:

  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • In fine ( পরিশেষ ) In fine he declared his plan.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • Out of sorts ( ঈষৎ অসুস্থ ) He is out of sorts now.
  • On the whole ( মোটের উপর ) On the whole, his conduct is good.