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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Die for ( মারা যাওয়া (কারণ) ) He died for his country.
  • Compete with ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন একজন) ) I competed with him for the first prize.
  • End in ( শেষ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.
  • Fatal to ( মারাত্মক ) he doctor's mistake proved fatal to his life.
  • Consistent with ( সামঞ্জস্যপূর্ণ ) Your action is not consistent with the rules.
  • Devote to ( উৎসর্গ করা ) He devotes much time to study.

Idioms:

  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • In lieu of ( পরিবর্তে ) Give me this pen in lieu of that.
  • In one's teens ( তের থেকে উনিশ বছর বয়সের মধ্যে ) She is yet in her teens.
  • At stake ( বিপন্ন ) His life is at stake now.
  • loose cannon ( অপ্রত্যাশিত ) He is a bit of a loose cannon.
  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.