"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.
  • Quick at ( চটপটে ) He is quick at figures.
  • Make for ( অগ্রসর হওয়া ) The ship made for England.
  • Consistent with ( সামঞ্জস্যপূর্ণ ) Your action is not consistent with the rules.
  • Resign to ( আত্মসমর্পন করা (স্বয়ং) ) I resigned myself to fate
  • Envy of ( ঈর্ষা ) I have no envy of him.

Idioms:

  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • pound of flesh ( এক চুল এদিক ওদিক নয় )
  • Cock and bull story ( গাঁজাখুরি গল্প ) Nobody will believe your cock and bull story
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.