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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Wait for ( অপেক্ষা করা ) I waited for him for two hours.
  • Excuse for ( অব্যাহতি দেওয়া ) He will not be excused for coming late.
  • Occupied in ( নিয়োজিত ) He is occupied in writing a letter.
  • Charge with ( অভিযোগ করা (ত্রুটি) ) He was charged with theft.
  • Succeed in ( সাফল্য লাভ করা ) He will succeed in life.
  • Compete for ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন কিছু) ) He competed for the first position.

Idioms:

  • Bag and baggage ( তল্পিতল্পাসহ ) He left the place bag and baggage.
  • All but ( প্রায় ) The poor villagers are all but ruined.
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • reap the harvest of sin ( কর্ম ভোগ করা )
  • In time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) He reached the station in time.