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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Compete for ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন কিছু) ) He competed for the first position.
  • Eager for ( আগ্রহী ) He is eager for promotion in service.
  • Despair of ( নিরাশ হওয়া ) Do not despair of success.
  • Plead for ( ওকালতি করা (কোনকিছু) ) I pleaded with him for justice (against the wrong done to me).
  • Abound in ( প্রচুর পরিমাণে থাকা ) Fish abounds in this river.
  • Addicted to ( আসক্ত ) He is addicted to separate.

Idioms:

  • In vogue ( চালু ) This custom is not in vogue now.
  • be bad at ( দক্ষ না হওয়া )
  • Crying need ( জরুরী প্রয়োজন ) Mass education is the crying need of Bangladesh.
  • Book worm ( গ্রন্থকীট ) Don't be a book worm.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Carry the day ( জয়লাভ করা ) Rajib, the best player of the school, carried the day in the annual sports.