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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Compete with ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন একজন) ) I competed with him for the first prize.
  • Lament for ( বিলাপ করা ) She lamented for her child.
  • Plead with ( ওকালতি করা (ব্যক্তি) ) I pleaded with him for justice.
  • Burst into ( ভেঙ্গে পড়া ) He burst into tears at the sad news
  • Envious of ( ঈর্ষান্বিত ) I am not envious of his riches.
  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.

Idioms:

  • At large ( স্বাধীন ) The anti-socials are still at large.
  • Round the clock ( সমস্ত দিন ) He is working round the clock.
  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • By far ( সর্বাংশে ) He is by far the best boy in the class.