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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Compete for ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন কিছু) ) He competed for the first position.
  • Rejoice at ( আনন্দ করা ) Every one rejoiced at her success.
  • Contrary to ( বিপরীত ) His action is contrary to his words.
  • Ill with ( অসুস্থ ) He is ill with fever.
  • Certain of ( নিশ্চিত ) He is now certain of his ground.
  • Divide between ( ভাগ করা (দুটি বা দুজন) ) Divide the apple between Raqib and Shafique.

Idioms:

  • Bosom friend ( অন্তরঙ্গ বন্ধু ) Rifat is my bosom friend.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • be in ones bad books ( কারও অপ্রিয় হওয়া )
  • Bone of contention ( বিবাদের বিষয় ) The paternal property is the bone of contention between the two brothers.
  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather
  • At least ( অন্ততঃ ) At least one hundred boys will come to school today.