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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Lay by ( সঞ্চয় করা ) Lay by something for the old age.
  • Composed of ( তৈরি ) Water is composed of Hydrogen and Oxygen.
  • Provide against ( পূর্বে ব্যবস্থা করা ; সরবরাহ করা ) You must provide against evil days for your children.
  • Die of ( মারা যাওয়া (রোগ) ) He died of cholera.
  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.
  • Engaged to ( বাগদত্ত ) Lila was engaged to him.

Idioms:

  • Stone's throw ( অতি নিকটে ) Our school is at a stone's throw form our house.
  • a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.
  • In fine ( পরিশেষ ) In fine he declared his plan.
  • Turn a deaf ear to ( মনোযোগ না দেওয়া ) He turned a deaf ear to my proposal.
  • Cock and bull story ( গাঁজাখুরি গল্প ) Nobody will believe your cock and bull story
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.