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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Inferior to ( নিকৃষ্ট ; হীন ) He is inferior to his neighbour.
  • Engaged with ( নিযুক্ত (ব্যক্তি) ) I was engaged with him in talk.
  • Think over ( চিন্তা করা (কোনকিছু) ) Think carefully over his advice.
  • Compete for ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন কিছু) ) He competed for the first position.
  • Add to ( যোগ করা ) Add this to that.
  • Quick of ( চটপটে ) He is quick of understanding.

Idioms:

  • be bad at ( দক্ষ না হওয়া )
  • At stake ( বিপন্ন ) His life is at stake now.
  • At least ( অন্ততঃ ) At least one hundred boys will come to school today.
  • To the letter ( অক্ষরে অক্ষরে ) He followed my advice to the letter.
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • At all ( আদৌ ) He does not know French at all.