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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Pity for ( করুণা ) Have pity for the poor.
  • Compete for ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন কিছু) ) He competed for the first position.
  • Abide by ( মেনে চলা ) One should abide by the rules
  • Confident to ( আবদ্ধ (শয্যা) ) He is confined to bed.
  • Supply with ( যোগান দেওয়া (কোন জিনিস) ) He supplied us with food.
  • Respond to ( উত্তর দেওয়া ) Nobody responded to my call.

Idioms:

  • Heart and soul ( সর্বান্তঃকরণে ) Try heard and soul and you will succeed.
  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )
  • Cock and bull story ( গাঁজাখুরি গল্প ) Nobody will believe your cock and bull story
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • In time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) He reached the station in time.
  • Call to mind ( স্মরণ করা ) I cannot call to mind your name.