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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Think of ( চিন্তা করা (ব্যক্তি) ) What do you think of (about) him?
  • Sick of ( পীড়িত, ক্লান্ত ) He is sick for home.
  • Compete with ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন একজন) ) I competed with him for the first prize.
  • Hope for ( আশা করা ) Let us hope for the best.
  • Late in ( দেরি ) Why are you so late in coming?
  • Prompt in ( চটপটে (উত্তর) ) He is prompt in his answer.

Idioms:

  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.
  • throw dust in ones hands full ( কারো চোখে ধূলো দেওয়া )
  • Set free ( মুক্ত করা ) The prisoners were set free.
  • be bad at ( দক্ষ না হওয়া )
  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.
  • Slow coach ( অলস প্রকৃতির লোক ) You cannot expect much from a slow coach like him.