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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Plead with ( ওকালতি করা (ব্যক্তি) ) I pleaded with him for justice.
  • Jump at ( আগ্রহ সহকারে গ্রহণ করা ) Do not jump at the offer.
  • Compete with ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন একজন) ) I competed with him for the first prize.
  • Want of ( অভাব ) We have no want of money.
  • Allot to ( বিলি করা ) One room has been allotted to him.
  • Indebted to ( ঋণী ; কৃতজ্ঞ ) I am indebted to him for this help.

Idioms:

  • Stone's throw ( অতি নিকটে ) Our school is at a stone's throw form our house.
  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )
  • Wild goose chase ( পন্ডশ্রম ) Do not waste time in wild goose chase.
  • Apple of discord ( বিবাদেয় বিষয় ) The paternal property has become an apple of discord between the two brothers.
  • but me no buts ( কিন্তু কিন্তু করো না )
  • By far ( সর্বাংশে ) He is by far the best boy in the class.