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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Search of ( অনুসন্ধানে ব্যস্ত ) They are in search of nice bird.
  • Compete with ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন একজন) ) I competed with him for the first prize.
  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Wish for ( আকাঙ্খা করা ) I do not wish for name and fame.
  • Rely on ( নির্ভর করা ) You can rely on him.
  • Confident to ( আবদ্ধ (শয্যা) ) He is confined to bed.

Idioms:

  • be on ones back ( একেবারে কুপোকাত )
  • to the bad ( মন্দাবস্থায় ; ঘাটতি অবস্থায় )
  • Nip in the bud ( অঙ্কুরে বিনষ্ট করা ) All his hopes were nipped in the bud.
  • harp on the same string ( এক কথা বারবার বলা )
  • Now and then ( মাঝে মাঝে ) He comes here now and then.
  • Come to light ( প্রকাশিত হওয়া ) Their private talk has come to light at last.