"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.
  • Offensive to ( বিরক্তিকর ) This acrid smell is offensive to me.
  • Prefer to ( অধিক পছন্দ করা ) I prefer coffee to tea.
  • Compete with ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন একজন) ) I competed with him for the first prize.
  • Exempt from ( রেহাই দেওয়া ) He was exempted from the fine.
  • Jump at ( আগ্রহ সহকারে গ্রহণ করা ) Do not jump at the offer.

Idioms:

  • Call in question ( সন্দেহ করা ) No one can call his honesty in question.
  • Far and wide ( সর্বত্র ) His fame as a scholar spread far and wide
  • Fish in a troubled water ( এলোমোলো অবস্থায় সুযোগ নেওয়া ) He made a lot of money by fishing in a troubled water.
  • Flesh and blood ( রক্তমাংসের শরীর ) Flesh and blood cannot bear with such insults.
  • Wild goose chase ( পন্ডশ্রম ) Do not waste time in wild goose chase.
  • tickled pink ( খুব খুশি করানো ) She was tickled pink by the good news.