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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Compete with ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন একজন) ) I competed with him for the first prize.
  • Preferable to ( অধিক পছন্দযোগ্য ) Death is preferable to dishonor.
  • Wait for ( অপেক্ষা করা ) I waited for him for two hours.
  • Vary from ( আলাদা হওয়া ) His opinion varies from his brother's.
  • Lame of ( খোঁড়া ) He is lame of one leg.
  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.

Idioms:

  • Bone of contention ( বিবাদের বিষয় ) The paternal property is the bone of contention between the two brothers.
  • As if ( যেন ) He swims so beautifully as if he is the Olympic gold medalist.
  • Build castles in the air ( আকাশ কুসুম চিন্তা করা ) Don't idle away your time in building castles in the air.
  • To the letter ( অক্ষরে অক্ষরে ) He followed my advice to the letter.
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • At least ( অন্ততঃ ) At least one hundred boys will come to school today.