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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Supply to ( যোগান দেওয়া (ব্যক্তি) ) He supplied food to us.
  • Void of ( বিহীন ) He is void of common sense.
  • Care of ( যত্ন নেওয়া ) Take care of your health.
  • Conscious of ( সচেতন ) He is conscious of his weakness.
  • Compete with ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন একজন) ) I competed with him for the first prize.

Idioms:

  • Take to heart ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) He took his remark to heart.
  • by dint of ( ফলে (সাধারণত বল প্রয়োগের ফলে) )
  • Nip in the bud ( অঙ্কুরে বিনষ্ট করা ) All his hopes were nipped in the bud.
  • know from a bare hint ( এক আঁচরেই বোঝা )
  • Carry the day ( জয়লাভ করা ) Rajib, the best player of the school, carried the day in the annual sports.
  • Hard nut to crack ( কঠিন সমস্যা ) The problem of adult education is really a hard nut to crack.