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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Vain of ( অহঙ্কারী ) She is vain of her beauty.
  • Compete for ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন কিছু) ) He competed for the first position.
  • Remedy for ( প্রতিকার ) There is no remedy for this disease.
  • Complain to ( অভিযোগ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) The complained to the Director against the Manager about her behavior.
  • Polite in ( নম্র ) He is polite in his manners. (Polite to strangers).
  • Pleased with ( সন্তুষ্ট ) I am pleased with him.

Idioms:

  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.
  • Get rid of ( মুক্তি পাওয়া ) Try to get rid of that rogue.
  • Turn a deaf ear to ( মনোযোগ না দেওয়া ) He turned a deaf ear to my proposal.
  • Flesh and blood ( রক্তমাংসের শরীর ) Flesh and blood cannot bear with such insults.