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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Live beyond ( বাঁচা ) He lives beyond his means.
  • Compete with ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন একজন) ) I competed with him for the first prize.
  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.
  • Argue for ( যূক্তি দেখানো (কোন কিছু) ) I argued with him for the point.
  • Quick of ( চটপটে ) He is quick of understanding.
  • Limit to ( সীমা ) You should have a limit to your demands.

Idioms:

  • At last ( অবশেষে ) I got my missing book at last.
  • Big gun ( নেতৃস্থানীয় ব্যক্তি ) He is a big gun of our locality.
  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home
  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.
  • Tooth and nail ( তীব্রভাবে ) He fought tooth and nail against his enemy.
  • ABC ( প্রাথমিক জ্ঞান ) Everybody must know at least the ABC of religion.