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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Compete with ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন একজন) ) I competed with him for the first prize.
  • Prefer to ( অধিক পছন্দ করা ) I prefer coffee to tea.
  • Retire from ( অবসর লওয়া ) He retired from service on a pension.
  • Abound in ( প্রচুর পরিমাণে থাকা ) Fish abounds in this river.
  • Popular with ( জনপ্রিয় ) He is popular with all for his good behaviour.
  • Accompanied by ( সঙ্গী হওয়া ) He was accompanied by his father.

Idioms:

  • Above board ( সংশয়হীন ভাবে নির্দোষ ) His activities are open and above board.
  • Head and ears ( সম্পূর্ণরূপে ) He is over head and ears in debt.
  • Up and downs ( উন্থানপতন ) There are ups and downs in a man's life.
  • Book worm ( গ্রন্থকীট ) Don't be a book worm.
  • walk in someone shoes ( কারো অভিজ্ঞতা বা অবস্থানে থাকা বোঝায় ) When you walk in my shoes, you might understand.
  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.