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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Rely on ( নির্ভর করা ) You can rely on him.
  • Compete with ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন একজন) ) I competed with him for the first prize.
  • Diffident of ( সন্দিগ্ধ ) I am diffident of success.
  • Ambition for ( উচ্চাকাঙ্খা ) He has no ambition for fame in life.
  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.
  • Proportionate to ( আনুপাতিক ) Punishment should be proportionate to offence.

Idioms:

  • Bring to book ( শাস্তি দেওয়া ) He should be brought to book for his misconduct.
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • Bed of roses ( আরামদায়ক অবস্থা ) Life is not a bed of roses.
  • word of no implication ( কথার কথা )
  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.
  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )