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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Vain of ( অহঙ্কারী ) She is vain of her beauty.
  • Lay by ( সঞ্চয় করা ) Lay by something for the old age.
  • Senior to ( বয়সে বড়, উচ্চপদস্থ ) He is senior to me by four years.
  • Attend on ( সেবা করা ) She attends on her mother.
  • Zealous for ( আগ্রহী ) He is zealous for improvement.
  • Compete with ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন একজন) ) I competed with him for the first prize.

Idioms:

  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.
  • Heart and soul ( সর্বান্তঃকরণে ) Try heard and soul and you will succeed.
  • For good ( চিরকালের জন্য ) He left the country for good.
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • In the long run ( পরিশেষে ) You will have to suffer in the long run.
  • All but ( প্রায় ) The poor villagers are all but ruined.