"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.
  • Fatal to ( মারাত্মক ) he doctor's mistake proved fatal to his life.
  • Overcome with ( দমন করা ) He was overcome with fatigue.
  • Replace with another ( পরিবর্তন করা (একটি জিনিস) ) Replace this chair with new one.
  • Lament for ( বিলাপ করা ) She lamented for her child.
  • Live by ( কোন উপায়ে বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives by honest means.

Idioms:

  • Far and wide ( সর্বত্র ) His fame as a scholar spread far and wide
  • a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.
  • At stake ( বিপন্ন ) His life is at stake now.
  • Sink in ( আবদ্ধ হওয়া, ডুবে যাওয়া ) He sank in mud or the ship sank into the sea.
  • Lame excuse ( বাজে গুজব ) This lame excuse will to do.
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.