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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Weary of ( ক্লান্ত ) He is weary of hard life.
  • Compete with ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন একজন) ) I competed with him for the first prize.
  • Need for ( প্রয়োজনীয় ) I have no need for more money.
  • Favourable to ( অনুকূল (ব্যক্তি) ) This situation is favourable to me for doing this.
  • Contribute to ( দান হিসাবে দেওয়া ) He contributed one thousand taka to the Flood Relief Fund.
  • Contrary to ( বিপরীত ) His action is contrary to his words.

Idioms:

  • in the doldrums ( উদাসীন ভাবাপন্ন )
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.
  • Bag and baggage ( তল্পিতল্পাসহ ) He left the place bag and baggage.
  • set a naught ( কলা দেখানো )
  • At least ( অন্ততঃ ) At least one hundred boys will come to school today.
  • bad debts ( অশোধ্য বা অনাদায়ী ঋন ; যে ঋন শোধ করা যাবে না )