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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Persist in ( লেগে থাকা ) He persisted in disturbing me.
  • Live on ( খেয়ে বাঁচা ) The cow lives on grass.
  • Compete with ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন একজন) ) I competed with him for the first prize.
  • Ignorant of ( অজ্ঞ ) He is ignorant of this rule.
  • Aloof from ( দূরে থাকা ) Keep yourself aloof from bad company.
  • Quarrel over ( কলহ করা (কোনকিছু) ) They quarreled with one another over the property.

Idioms:

  • a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.
  • In lieu of ( পরিবর্তে ) Give me this pen in lieu of that.
  • a piece of cake ( খুবই সহজ ) This assignment is a piece of cake
  • Round the clock ( সমস্ত দিন ) He is working round the clock.
  • In one's teens ( তের থেকে উনিশ বছর বয়সের মধ্যে ) She is yet in her teens.
  • A rainy day ( দুর্দিন ) Everybody should save something for rainy day.