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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Provide with ( সরবরাহ করা (কোন জিনিস) ) I provide (supply) him with food.
  • Attend upon ( সেবা করা ) She attends upon her mother.
  • Destined to ( ভাগ্য নির্দিষ্ট ) He was destined to death.
  • Superior to ( উৎকৃষ্টতর ) This type of rice is superior to that.
  • Pass for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) He passes for a clever man.
  • Rest upon ( নির্ভর করা ; বিশ্বাসস্থাপন করা ) I rest upon your promise.

Idioms:

  • vile sycophant ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • As if ( যেন ) He swims so beautifully as if he is the Olympic gold medalist.
  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.
  • Turn a deaf ear to ( মনোযোগ না দেওয়া ) He turned a deaf ear to my proposal.