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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Zealous for ( আগ্রহী ) He is zealous for improvement.
  • Compete with ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন একজন) ) I competed with him for the first prize.
  • Wait on ( সেবা করা ) The nurse waited on the patient.
  • Attend upon ( সেবা করা ) She attends upon her mother.
  • Callous to ( উদাসীন ) He is callous to my suffering.
  • Differ from ( ভিন্নরূপ হওয়া ) This thing differs from that.

Idioms:

  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.
  • After all ( সবকিছু সত্ত্বেও ) After all, he is a patriot.
  • Maiden speech ( প্রথম বক্তৃতা ) His maiden speech fell flat on the audience.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • At home ( দক্ষ ) He is at home in mathematics.
  • Far and wide ( সর্বত্র ) His fame as a scholar spread far and wide