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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Overcome with ( দমন করা ) He was overcome with fatigue.
  • Prior to ( পূর্বে ) Prior to that, he was in a wretched condition.
  • Confined in ( আবদ্ধ (কক্ষ) ) He is confined in a room for five days.
  • Compete with ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন একজন) ) I competed with him for the first prize.
  • Succeed in ( সাফল্য লাভ করা ) He will succeed in life.
  • Heir to ( উত্তরাধিকারী (সম্পত্তি) ) He is the heir to his uncle’s property.

Idioms:

  • Turn down ( প্রত্যাখান করা ) He turned down my proposal.
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • Weal and woe ( সুখ-দুঃখ ) Human life is full of weal and woe.
  • Red tape ( লাল ফিতার বাঁধন ; আমলাতান্ত্রিকতা ) Red tapism causes delay in official work.
  • vile sycophant ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.