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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Compete with ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন একজন) ) I competed with him for the first prize.
  • Appetite for ( ক্ষুধা ) The patient has no appetite for food.
  • Overcome by ( দমন করা ) He was overcome by anger.
  • Sensitive to ( সংবেদনশীল ) She is sensitive to cold.
  • Differ in ( ভিন্ন মত হওয়া (মতামত) ) They differ in their opinions.
  • Respond to ( উত্তর দেওয়া ) Nobody responded to my call.

Idioms:

  • Bad blood ( মনোমালিন্য ; শত্রতা ; দ্বেষ ) Now there is bad blood between the two brothers.
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.
  • Chip of the old block ( বাপকা বেটা ) He is a chip of the old black.
  • Round the clock ( সমস্ত দিন ) He is working round the clock.
  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather