"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.
  • Offend against ( লঙ্গন করা ) You have offended against good manners.
  • Long for ( কামনা করা ) He longed for fame.
  • Accompanied by ( সঙ্গী হওয়া ) He was accompanied by his father.
  • Look at ( তাকানো ) Look at the moon.
  • Pass for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) He passes for a clever man.

Idioms:

  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.
  • Apple of discord ( বিবাদেয় বিষয় ) The paternal property has become an apple of discord between the two brothers.
  • Above all ( প্রধানত ; সর্বোপরি ) We should be kind, polite, and above all honest.
  • Above board ( সংশয়হীন ভাবে নির্দোষ ) His activities are open and above board.
  • By leaps and bounds ( অতি দ্রুতগতিতে ) The population of Bangladesh is increasing by leaps and bounds.