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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Deaf to ( শুনতে অনিচ্ছুক ) He is deaf to my request.
  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Provide against ( পূর্বে ব্যবস্থা করা ; সরবরাহ করা ) You must provide against evil days for your children.
  • Afraid of ( ভীত ) I am not afraid of ghosts.
  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.
  • Long for ( কামনা করা ) He longed for fame.

Idioms:

  • big cheese ( দলের বা পরিবারের সবচেয়ে গুরুত্বপূর্ণ ব্যক্তি ) He is the big cheese who control everything in our group.
  • word of no implication ( কথার কথা )
  • After all ( সবকিছু সত্ত্বেও ) After all, he is a patriot.
  • Null and void ( বাতিল ) The deed has been null and void now.
  • Fall flat ( ফলপ্রসূ না হওয়া ) My advice feel fiat on him.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.