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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Invite to ( নিমন্ত্রণ করা ) I invited him to dinner.
  • Search of ( অনুসন্ধানে ব্যস্ত ) They are in search of nice bird.
  • Appetite for ( ক্ষুধা ) The patient has no appetite for food.
  • Inferior to ( নিকৃষ্ট ; হীন ) He is inferior to his neighbour.
  • Compete with ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন একজন) ) I competed with him for the first prize.
  • Succeed in ( সাফল্য লাভ করা ) He will succeed in life.

Idioms:

  • At arm’s length ( দূরে ) Try to keep the bad boy at arm’s length.
  • By no means ( কোন ভাবেই না ) I shall by no means call on him.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • cringing flatterer ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • Cock and bull story ( গাঁজাখুরি গল্প ) Nobody will believe your cock and bull story
  • Now and then ( মাঝে মাঝে ) He comes here now and then.