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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Apply for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He applied to the Secretary for the post.
  • Compete with ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন একজন) ) I competed with him for the first prize.
  • Prior to ( পূর্বে ) Prior to that, he was in a wretched condition.
  • Die in ( মারা যাওয়া (শান্তি) ) Let me die in peace.
  • Difference between ( পার্থক্য ) There is no difference between the two brothers.
  • Useful for ( প্রয়োজনীয় (উদ্দেশ্য) ) This book is useful to us for examination.

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.
  • In vogue ( চালু ) This custom is not in vogue now.
  • Kith and kin ( নিকট আত্মীয় ) He has no good relationship with his kith and kin.
  • All but ( প্রায় ) The poor villagers are all but ruined.
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.