"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.
  • Parallel to ( সমান্তরাল ) This line is parallel to that.
  • Look for ( খোঁজা ) I am looking for a good job.
  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Indebted to ( ঋণী ; কৃতজ্ঞ ) I am indebted to him for this help.
  • Mourn for ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn for the dead.

Idioms:

  • by dint of ( ফলে (সাধারণত বল প্রয়োগের ফলে) )
  • Take to one's heels ( ছুটিয়া পালানো ) The thieves took to their heels to see the police.
  • Red letter day ( স্মরণীয় দিন ) The 21 February is a red letter day in the history of Bangladesh.
  • Catch red handed ( হাতে নাতে ধরা ) The thief was caught red handed.
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • To the contrary ( কাহারও বক্তব্যের বিপক্ষে ) In the court he said nothing to the contrary.