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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.
  • Sanguine of ( নিশ্চিত ) She is sanguine of her success.
  • Rejoice at ( আনন্দ করা ) Every one rejoiced at her success.
  • Indifferent to ( উদাসীন ) He is indifferent to our problem.
  • Justice to ( ন্যায় বিচার ) We should do justice to everybody.
  • Compete with ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন একজন) ) I competed with him for the first prize.

Idioms:

  • For good ( চিরকালের জন্য ) He left the country for good.
  • Hard and fast ( বাঁধা ধরা ) There is no such hard and fast rule in this matter.
  • Come off with flying colours ( জয়লাভ করা ) Our School team came off with flying colours.
  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )
  • breathe out ( নিঃশ্বাস ত্যাগ করা ) At last, he breathed his last breath out, and that was the end.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.