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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Difference between ( পার্থক্য ) There is no difference between the two brothers.
  • Opportunity for ( সুযোগ ) I have no opportunity for (of) doing the work.
  • Compete with ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন একজন) ) I competed with him for the first prize.
  • Famous for ( বিখ্যাত ) Radhanager is famous for the birth place of Raja Rammohan.
  • Talk to ( কথা বলা (ব্যক্তি) ) I am talking to (with) Mr. Roy.
  • Pass for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) He passes for a clever man.

Idioms:

  • a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.
  • Null and void ( বাতিল ) The deed has been null and void now.
  • By no means ( কোন ভাবেই না ) I shall by no means call on him.
  • In lieu of ( পরিবর্তে ) Give me this pen in lieu of that.
  • Part and parcel ( অবিচ্ছেদ্য অংশ ) Discipline is part and parcel of administration.
  • Crying need ( জরুরী প্রয়োজন ) Mass education is the crying need of Bangladesh.