"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.
  • Abide by ( মেনে চলা ) One should abide by the rules
  • Open at ( উন্মুক্ত করা বা খোলা ) Open at page 20 of English book.
  • Displeased at ( অসন্তুষ্ট ) I am displeased with him at his conduct.
  • Succeed in ( সাফল্য লাভ করা ) He will succeed in life.
  • Persist in ( লেগে থাকা ) He persisted in disturbing me.

Idioms:

  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • in the doldrums ( উদাসীন ভাবাপন্ন )
  • Of course ( অবশ্যই ) Of course, you know what that means
  • be on ones back ( একেবারে কুপোকাত )
  • At last ( অবশেষে ) I got my missing book at last.
  • Square meal ( পেট ভরা আহার ) He is too poor to have a square meal every day.