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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Compete with ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন একজন) ) I competed with him for the first prize.
  • Contribute to ( দান হিসাবে দেওয়া ) He contributed one thousand taka to the Flood Relief Fund.
  • Allot to ( বিলি করা ) One room has been allotted to him.
  • Prefer to ( অধিক পছন্দ করা ) I prefer coffee to tea.
  • Agree on ( একমত হওয়া (নির্দিষ্ট বিষয়) ) I am agree on this point.
  • Accompanied by ( সঙ্গী হওয়া ) He was accompanied by his father.

Idioms:

  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.
  • All on a sudden ( হঠাৎ ) All on a sudden a tiger came out of the bush.
  • a rotten apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few rotten apples.
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • Weal and woe ( সুখ-দুঃখ ) Human life is full of weal and woe.
  • Come to light ( প্রকাশিত হওয়া ) Their private talk has come to light at last.