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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Resign to ( আত্মসমর্পন করা (স্বয়ং) ) I resigned myself to fate
  • Exempt from ( রেহাই দেওয়া ) He was exempted from the fine.
  • Lament for ( বিলাপ করা ) She lamented for her child.
  • Sure of ( নিশ্চিত ) I am sure of success.
  • Compete with ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন একজন) ) I competed with him for the first prize.
  • Weary of ( ক্লান্ত ) He is weary of hard life.

Idioms:

  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )
  • In full swing ( পুরাদমে ) The school is now in full swing.
  • a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.
  • Moot point ( অমীমাংসিত বিষয় ) Dowry system is still a moot point in Bangladesh.
  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.