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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Dedicate to ( উৎসর্গ করা ) This book is dedicated to his father.
  • Remedy for ( প্রতিকার ) There is no remedy for this disease.
  • Compete for ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন কিছু) ) He competed for the first position.
  • Equal with ( সমতুল্য (ব্যক্তি) ) Mr.Karim is equal in rank with Mr.Rahim.
  • Hard at ( উদ্যমী ) He is hard at work before examination.
  • Deprived of ( বঞ্চিত ) He was deprived of his property.

Idioms:

  • Household word ( সকলের পরিচিত নাম ) Mother Teresa's name has now become a household word.
  • All but ( প্রায় ) The poor villagers are all but ruined.
  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.
  • At least ( অন্ততঃ ) At least one hundred boys will come to school today.
  • feather ones nest ( কাজ গুছিয়ে নেওয়া )
  • Come to light ( প্রকাশিত হওয়া ) Their private talk has come to light at last.