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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Accustomed to ( অভ্যস্ত ) I am accustomed to such a life.
  • Cure of ( আরগ্য হওয়া ) He will be cured of the disease very soon.
  • Retire from ( অবসর লওয়া ) He retired from service on a pension.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Apply for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He applied to the Secretary for the post.
  • Provide with ( সরবরাহ করা (কোন জিনিস) ) I provide (supply) him with food.

Idioms:

  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • Tooth and nail ( তীব্রভাবে ) He fought tooth and nail against his enemy.
  • Slip of the pen ( লেখায় অসতর্কতাবশতঃ সামান্য ভুল ) This mistake is due to a slip of the pen.
  • Turn over a new leaf ( নূতনের সূচনা ) After his failure he turned over a new leaf.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • word of no implication ( কথার কথা )