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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Compete with ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন একজন) ) I competed with him for the first prize.
  • Eager for ( আগ্রহী ) He is eager for promotion in service.
  • Favour with ( অনুগত করা ) Would you favour me with an early reply?
  • Burst out ( ফেটে পড়া ) He burst out laughing at my joke.
  • Mourn for ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn for the dead.
  • Guilty of ( দোষী ) He is guilty of murder.

Idioms:

  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.
  • Square meal ( পেট ভরা আহার ) He is too poor to have a square meal every day.
  • harp on the same string ( এক কথা বারবার বলা )
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • big cheese ( দলের বা পরিবারের সবচেয়ে গুরুত্বপূর্ণ ব্যক্তি ) He is the big cheese who control everything in our group.
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.