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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Prefer to ( অধিক পছন্দ করা ) I prefer coffee to tea.
  • Loyal to ( বিশ্বস্ত ) He is loyal to his master.
  • Rest with ( নির্ভর করা ; বিশ্বাসস্থাপন করা ) The whole matter rests with you.
  • Fit for ( যোগ্য ) He is not fit for the job.
  • Compete with ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন একজন) ) I competed with him for the first prize.
  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.

Idioms:

  • A rainy day ( দুর্দিন ) Everybody should save something for rainy day.
  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • Set free ( মুক্ত করা ) The prisoners were set free.
  • Nip in the bud ( অঙ্কুরে বিনষ্ট করা ) All his hopes were nipped in the bud.
  • Red letter day ( স্মরণীয় দিন ) The 21 February is a red letter day in the history of Bangladesh.