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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Abide by ( মেনে চলা ) One should abide by the rules
  • Look up ( শব্দার্থ খোঁজা ) Look up the word in the dictionary.
  • Affection for ( স্নেহ ) The teacher feels affection for every pupils.
  • Compete with ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন একজন) ) I competed with him for the first prize.
  • Differ on ( ভিন্ন মত হওয়া (ব্যপার) ) I differ with you on this point.
  • Eager about ( আগ্রহী ) He is eager about the result.

Idioms:

  • In the mean time ( ইতিমধ্যে ) Lila will come here to-night. In the mean time you should get her room ready.
  • Stone's throw ( অতি নিকটে ) Our school is at a stone's throw form our house.
  • For good ( চিরকালের জন্য ) He left the country for good.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Big gun ( নেতৃস্থানীয় ব্যক্তি ) He is a big gun of our locality.
  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.