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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.
  • Aloof from ( দূরে থাকা ) Keep yourself aloof from bad company.
  • Depend on ( নির্ভর করা ) Success depends on hard work.
  • Search of ( অনুসন্ধানে ব্যস্ত ) They are in search of nice bird.
  • Compete with ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন একজন) ) I competed with him for the first prize.
  • Opportunity for ( সুযোগ ) I have no opportunity for (of) doing the work.

Idioms:

  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • throw dust in ones hands full ( কারো চোখে ধূলো দেওয়া )
  • A bed of roses thorns ( কন্টকময় জীবন ) Life is nothing but a bed of roses.
  • At stake ( বিপন্ন ) His life is at stake now.
  • a rotten apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few rotten apples.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.