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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Compete for ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন কিছু) ) He competed for the first position.
  • Restore to ( ফিরিয়ে দেওয়া ) Restore his property to him.
  • Attend on ( সেবা করা ) She attends on her mother.
  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.
  • Satisfied with ( সন্তুষ্ট ) I am satisfied with him or I am satisfied of the truth.
  • Void of ( বিহীন ) He is void of common sense.

Idioms:

  • be on ones back ( একেবারে কুপোকাত )
  • loose cannon ( অপ্রত্যাশিত ) He is a bit of a loose cannon.
  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.
  • From hand to mouth ( দিন আনে দিন খায় ) The poor man lives form hand to mouth.
  • word of no implication ( কথার কথা )
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.