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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Come of ( জন্মগ্রহণ করা ) He comes of a noble family.
  • Attend to ( মনোযোগ দেওয়া ) Attend to your lesson.
  • Compete with ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন একজন) ) I competed with him for the first prize.
  • Confident of ( স্থির বিশ্বাসী ) I am confident of success.
  • Guess at ( অনুমান করা ) Can you guess at her age?
  • Polite in ( নম্র ) He is polite in his manners. (Polite to strangers).

Idioms:

  • Curry favour ( তোষামোদ করিয়ে প্রিয় হওয়া ) He knows how to curry favour with officers.
  • Die in harness ( কর্মরত অবস্থায় মারা যাওয়া ) Dr. Sen died in harness.
  • Carry the day ( জয়লাভ করা ) Rajib, the best player of the school, carried the day in the annual sports.
  • have a bad time ( দুশ্চিন্তায় কাল কাটানো ; দুঃসময়ে পড়া )
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.
  • Slow coach ( অলস প্রকৃতির লোক ) You cannot expect much from a slow coach like him.