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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Late in ( দেরি ) Why are you so late in coming?
  • Envy of ( ঈর্ষা ) I have no envy of him.
  • Unite with ( ঐক্যবদ্ধ হওয়া ) Be united with your friends.
  • Compete for ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন কিছু) ) He competed for the first position.
  • Junior to ( নিম্নপদস্থ ; বয়সে কম ) He is junior to me in service.
  • Care of ( যত্ন নেওয়া ) Take care of your health.

Idioms:

  • From hand to mouth ( দিন আনে দিন খায় ) The poor man lives form hand to mouth.
  • Lion's share ( সিংহভাগ ) He took the lion's share of the profit.
  • In vain ( বৃথা ) All his attempts were in vain.
  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.