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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Opportunity for ( সুযোগ ) I have no opportunity for (of) doing the work.
  • Compete for ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন কিছু) ) He competed for the first position.
  • Wonder at ( অবাক হওয়া ) I wonder at his ignorance.
  • Fatal to ( মারাত্মক ) he doctor's mistake proved fatal to his life.
  • Preferable to ( অধিক পছন্দযোগ্য ) Death is preferable to dishonor.
  • Destined to ( ভাগ্য নির্দিষ্ট ) He was destined to death.

Idioms:

  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • be bad at ( দক্ষ না হওয়া )
  • In a hurry ( তাড়াহুড়ার মধ্যে ) Don't do the work in a hurry.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.