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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Talk to ( কথা বলা (ব্যক্তি) ) I am talking to (with) Mr. Roy.
  • Compete for ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন কিছু) ) He competed for the first position.
  • Send for ( ডেকে পাঠানো ) Send for a doctor immediately.
  • Weak in ( কাঁচা ) He is weak in Mathematics.
  • Despair of ( নিরাশ হওয়া ) Do not despair of success.
  • Listen to ( শোনা ) Listen to the news on the radio.

Idioms:

  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • Round the clock ( সমস্ত দিন ) He is working round the clock.
  • hold your horses ( সবুর করা ; ধৈর্য ধরা ) Hold your horses in trouble, you will get your reward.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • host in himself ( একাই একশ )
  • Turn down ( প্রত্যাখান করা ) He turned down my proposal.