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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Come of ( জন্মগ্রহণ করা ) He comes of a noble family.
  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.
  • Compete with ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন একজন) ) I competed with him for the first prize.
  • Deal with ( ব্যবহার করা ) He deals well with the customers.
  • Dispose of ( বিক্রয় করা ) He disposed of his books.
  • Superior to ( উৎকৃষ্টতর ) This type of rice is superior to that.

Idioms:

  • By hook or by crook ( যে কোন উপায়ে ) You must do this work by hook or by crook.
  • Bid fair ( ভালো কিছু আশা করা ) He bids fair to be a good doctor.
  • ABC ( প্রাথমিক জ্ঞান ) Everybody must know at least the ABC of religion.
  • a rotten apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few rotten apples.
  • Out of doors ( বাহিরে ) It is rather cold out of doors.
  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.