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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Offended at ( বিরক্ত (কোন কাজে) ) I am offended with you at your conduct.
  • Make for ( অগ্রসর হওয়া ) The ship made for England.
  • Escape by ( রক্ষা করা ) He escaped by a hair breadth.
  • Pleased at ( সন্তুষ্ট (কোনকিছু) ) I am pleased at the news.
  • Compete with ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন একজন) ) I competed with him for the first prize.
  • Wait on ( সেবা করা ) The nurse waited on the patient.

Idioms:

  • Nip in the bud ( অঙ্কুরে বিনষ্ট করা ) All his hopes were nipped in the bud.
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • Square meal ( পেট ভরা আহার ) He is too poor to have a square meal every day.
  • In force ( বলবৎ ) This law is in force now.
  • Turn over a new leaf ( নূতনের সূচনা ) After his failure he turned over a new leaf.
  • At home ( দক্ষ ) He is at home in mathematics.