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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Compete for ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন কিছু) ) He competed for the first position.
  • Differ on ( ভিন্ন মত হওয়া (ব্যপার) ) I differ with you on this point.
  • Delight in ( আনন্দ ) He takes delight in music.
  • Partiality for ( পক্ষপাত দুষ্ট ) He has no Partiality for his son.
  • Deal in ( ব্যবসা করা ) He deals in rice.
  • Vain of ( অহঙ্কারী ) She is vain of her beauty.

Idioms:

  • In no time ( শীঘ্র ) He will finish the work in no time.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • A bed of roses ( সুখ-স্বাচ্ছন্দ্যপূর্ণ জীবন ) Many people think that life is a bed of roses
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • Slow coach ( অলস প্রকৃতির লোক ) You cannot expect much from a slow coach like him.
  • Red letter day ( স্মরণীয় দিন ) The 21 February is a red letter day in the history of Bangladesh.