"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.
  • Quarrel with ( কলহ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) They quarreled with one another for the property.
  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.
  • Respect to ( সম্বন্ধে ) We are talking with respect to that matter.
  • Divide between ( ভাগ করা (দুটি বা দুজন) ) Divide the apple between Raqib and Shafique.
  • Ambition for ( উচ্চাকাঙ্খা ) He has no ambition for fame in life.

Idioms:

  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • Of course ( অবশ্যই ) Of course, you know what that means
  • Square meal ( পেট ভরা আহার ) He is too poor to have a square meal every day.
  • Lame excuse ( বাজে গুজব ) This lame excuse will to do.
  • At one’s own sweet will ( খুশি মতো ) He still does it at his own sweet will.
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.