"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.
  • Despair of ( নিরাশ হওয়া ) Do not despair of success.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Slow of ( ধীর ) He is slow of speech. He is slow at figures. He is slow in writing.
  • Jealous of ( ঈর্ষা পরায়ণ ) I am not at all jealous of his fortune.
  • Look after ( দেখাশোনা করা ) There is none to look after her.

Idioms:

  • In the mean time ( ইতিমধ্যে ) Lila will come here to-night. In the mean time you should get her room ready.
  • Black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) He is a black sheep in his family.
  • Take to one's heels ( ছুটিয়া পালানো ) The thieves took to their heels to see the police.
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • Head and ears ( সম্পূর্ণরূপে ) He is over head and ears in debt.
  • ABC ( প্রাথমিক জ্ঞান ) Everybody must know at least the ABC of religion.