"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.
  • Die by ( মারা যাওয়া (বিষ) ) He died by poison.
  • Control over ( নিয়ন্ত্রণ ) He has no control over his brother.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Prohibit from ( বারণ করা ) I prohibited him from going there.
  • Occupied in ( নিয়োজিত ) He is occupied in writing a letter.

Idioms:

  • Household word ( সকলের পরিচিত নাম ) Mother Teresa's name has now become a household word.
  • To the contrary ( কাহারও বক্তব্যের বিপক্ষে ) In the court he said nothing to the contrary.
  • when pigs fly ( কখনও না ) I will help you when pigs fly
  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.
  • By all means ( সবর্প্রকার ) Try to do it by all means.
  • be bad at ( দক্ষ না হওয়া )