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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Part from ( বিচ্ছিন্ন হওয়া (ব্যক্তি) ) He parted form his friend.
  • Compete with ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন একজন) ) I competed with him for the first prize.
  • Fit for ( যোগ্য ) He is not fit for the job.
  • Resign to ( আত্মসমর্পন করা (স্বয়ং) ) I resigned myself to fate
  • Abound in ( প্রচুর পরিমাণে থাকা ) Fish abounds in this river.
  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.

Idioms:

  • In no time ( শীঘ্র ) He will finish the work in no time.
  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • Cats and dogs ( মূষল ধারে ) It was raining cats and dogs.
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • Cock and bull story ( গাঁজাখুরি গল্প ) Nobody will believe your cock and bull story