"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.
  • Commence on ( শুরু করা ) Our examination commences on the 3rd July.
  • Live within ( বাঁচা ) He live within his means
  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.
  • Distinguish between ( প্রভেদ করা ) Distinguish between a phrase and a clause.
  • Sanguine of ( নিশ্চিত ) She is sanguine of her success.

Idioms:

  • A rainy day ( দুর্দিন ) Everybody should save something for rainy day.
  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.
  • Crying need ( জরুরী প্রয়োজন ) Mass education is the crying need of Bangladesh.
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • Carry the day ( জয়লাভ করা ) Rajib, the best player of the school, carried the day in the annual sports.
  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.