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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Fond of ( অনুরাগী ) Children are fond of sweets.
  • Compete with ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন একজন) ) I competed with him for the first prize.
  • Polite in ( নম্র ) He is polite in his manners. (Polite to strangers).
  • Make for ( অগ্রসর হওয়া ) The ship made for England.
  • Deaf to ( শুনতে অনিচ্ছুক ) He is deaf to my request.
  • Dislike for ( অপছন্দ ) He has dislike for dogs.

Idioms:

  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.
  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.
  • Red letter day ( স্মরণীয় দিন ) The 21 February is a red letter day in the history of Bangladesh.
  • Big gun ( নেতৃস্থানীয় ব্যক্তি ) He is a big gun of our locality.