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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Compete for ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন কিছু) ) He competed for the first position.
  • Due to ( কারণে ) His absence is due to illness.
  • Absorbed in ( নিবিষ্ট ; মগ্ন ) Scientist is absorbed in experiment
  • Attend upon ( সেবা করা ) She attends upon her mother.
  • Interest in ( আগ্রহ ) He has a special interest in history.
  • Slow of ( ধীর ) He is slow of speech. He is slow at figures. He is slow in writing.

Idioms:

  • By no means ( কোন ভাবেই না ) I shall by no means call on him.
  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • Red letter day ( স্মরণীয় দিন ) The 21 February is a red letter day in the history of Bangladesh.
  • cringing flatterer ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • reap the harvest of sin ( কর্ম ভোগ করা )