"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.
  • Require of ( প্রয়োজন হওয়া (কোন কিছু) ) I required a loan of him.
  • Distinguish between ( প্রভেদ করা ) Distinguish between a phrase and a clause.
  • Obsessed with ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is obsessed with the idea.
  • Consist of ( গঠিত হওয়া ) This class consists of fifty boys and thirty girls.
  • Delight in ( আনন্দ ) He takes delight in music.

Idioms:

  • Get rid of ( মুক্তি পাওয়া ) Try to get rid of that rogue.
  • On the whole ( মোটের উপর ) On the whole, his conduct is good.
  • By leaps and bounds ( অতি দ্রুতগতিতে ) The population of Bangladesh is increasing by leaps and bounds.
  • In a fix ( মুশকিলে পতিত ) He is in a fix and does not know what to do.
  • Carry the day ( জয়লাভ করা ) Rajib, the best player of the school, carried the day in the annual sports.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.