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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Ashamed for ( লজ্জিত ) I feel ashamed for you.
  • Compete with ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন একজন) ) I competed with him for the first prize.
  • Weak of ( দূর্বল ) He is weak of understanding.
  • Supply to ( যোগান দেওয়া (ব্যক্তি) ) He supplied food to us.
  • Destined to ( ভাগ্য নির্দিষ্ট ) He was destined to death.
  • Favourable for ( অনুকূল (কোনকিছু) ) This situation is favorable to me for doing this.

Idioms:

  • To the letter ( অক্ষরে অক্ষরে ) He followed my advice to the letter.
  • Stone's throw ( অতি নিকটে ) Our school is at a stone's throw form our house.
  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • Come off with flying colours ( জয়লাভ করা ) Our School team came off with flying colours.
  • reinvent the wheel ( এমন কোনকিছু তৈরিতে সময় নষ্ট করা যা বর্তমানে বিদ্যমান ও ঠিকঠাক কাজ করে ) There's no point in us reinventing the wheel