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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Angry with ( রাগান্বিত (ব্যক্তি) ) He is angry with me for speaking against him.
  • Live beyond ( বাঁচা ) He lives beyond his means.
  • Compete for ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন কিছু) ) He competed for the first position.
  • Admit to ( ভর্তি করা ) Khadil was admitted to university.
  • Divide among ( ভাগ করা (দুইয়ের অধিক) ) Divide the mangoes among the boys.
  • Tired of ( ক্লান্ত ) I am Tired of doing the same thing day after day.

Idioms:

  • Round the clock ( সমস্ত দিন ) He is working round the clock.
  • Kith and kin ( নিকট আত্মীয় ) He has no good relationship with his kith and kin.
  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • Book worm ( গ্রন্থকীট ) Don't be a book worm.
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.