"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.
  • Despair of ( নিরাশ হওয়া ) Do not despair of success.
  • Owe to ( ঋণী হওয়া ) I owe my all to him.
  • Compare to ( তুলনা করা (অসদৃশ বস্তু) ) Anger is compared to fire.
  • Partiality for ( পক্ষপাত দুষ্ট ) He has no Partiality for his son.
  • Attend on ( সেবা করা ) She attends on her mother.

Idioms:

  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.
  • In vain ( বৃথা ) All his attempts were in vain.
  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.
  • Burning question ( তীব্র বিতর্কের বিষয় ) The problem of the dowry system is the burning question of the day.
  • To the contrary ( কাহারও বক্তব্যের বিপক্ষে ) In the court he said nothing to the contrary.
  • Household word ( সকলের পরিচিত নাম ) Mother Teresa's name has now become a household word.