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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Escape from ( পলায়ন করা ) The prisoner escaped from the jail.
  • Dull at ( কাঁচা ) He is dull at Physics.
  • Different from ( পৃথক ) This book is different from that.
  • Provide against ( পূর্বে ব্যবস্থা করা ; সরবরাহ করা ) You must provide against evil days for your children.
  • Succeed in ( সাফল্য লাভ করা ) He will succeed in life.
  • Smell of ( গন্ধ দেয় ) This glass smells of wine.

Idioms:

  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • Curry favour ( তোষামোদ করিয়ে প্রিয় হওয়া ) He knows how to curry favour with officers.
  • Fish in a troubled water ( এলোমোলো অবস্থায় সুযোগ নেওয়া ) He made a lot of money by fishing in a troubled water.
  • Bid fair ( ভালো কিছু আশা করা ) He bids fair to be a good doctor.
  • Black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) He is a black sheep in his family.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.