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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Make out ( বুঝতে পারা ) I cannot make out what you say.
  • Compete with ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন একজন) ) I competed with him for the first prize.
  • Bent on ( ঝোঁক ) He is bent on playing cricket.
  • Attend upon ( সেবা করা ) She attends upon her mother.
  • Hope for ( আশা করা ) Let us hope for the best.
  • Sentence to ( দন্ডাদেশ দেওয়া ) He was sentenced to death for murder.

Idioms:

  • Bone of contention ( বিবাদের বিষয় ) The paternal property is the bone of contention between the two brothers.
  • set a naught ( কলা দেখানো )
  • For good ( চিরকালের জন্য ) He left the country for good.
  • Out of date ( অপ্রচলিত ) This fashion is now out of date.
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • Turn a deaf ear to ( মনোযোগ না দেওয়া ) He turned a deaf ear to my proposal.