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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Prior to ( পূর্বে ) Prior to that, he was in a wretched condition.
  • Compete for ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন কিছু) ) He competed for the first position.
  • Sick of ( পীড়িত, ক্লান্ত ) He is sick for home.
  • Enter into ( প্রবেশ করা ) He entered into the room.
  • Add to ( যোগ করা ) Add this to that.
  • Overcome by ( দমন করা ) He was overcome by anger.

Idioms:

  • Make both ends meet ( আয়ব্যয় মেলানো ) I cannot make both ends meet with my small income.
  • At large ( স্বাধীন ) The anti-socials are still at large.
  • Head and ears ( সম্পূর্ণরূপে ) He is over head and ears in debt.
  • Turn a deaf ear to ( মনোযোগ না দেওয়া ) He turned a deaf ear to my proposal.
  • Square meal ( পেট ভরা আহার ) He is too poor to have a square meal every day.
  • Chip of the old block ( বাপকা বেটা ) He is a chip of the old black.