"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.
  • Proportionate to ( আনুপাতিক ) Punishment should be proportionate to offence.
  • Relevant to ( প্রাসঙ্গিক ) Your remark is not relevant to the point.
  • Slow of ( ধীর ) He is slow of speech. He is slow at figures. He is slow in writing.
  • Congratulate on ( অভিনন্দিত করা ) I congratulate you on your success.
  • Partial to ( পক্ষপাত দুষ্ট ) He is partial to his son.

Idioms:

  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.
  • In the long run ( পরিশেষে ) You will have to suffer in the long run.
  • A slow coach ( কর্মকুণ্ঠ ও মন্থর ব্যাক্তি ) Roky is known as a slow coach to his friend circle.
  • Set free ( মুক্ত করা ) The prisoners were set free.
  • put the cart before the horse ( স্বাভাবিক অবস্থা উলটাইয়া দেওয়া ; অস্বাভাবিক অবস্থা পরিণত করা )