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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Lack of ( অভাব ) I have no lack of friends.
  • Look for ( খোঁজা ) I am looking for a good job.
  • Compete with ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন একজন) ) I competed with him for the first prize.
  • Encroach on ( অনধিকার প্রবেশ করা ) Do not encroach on my land.
  • Hard at ( উদ্যমী ) He is hard at work before examination.
  • Vain of ( অহঙ্কারী ) She is vain of her beauty.

Idioms:

  • Book worm ( গ্রন্থকীট ) Don't be a book worm.
  • At a low ebb ( নিম্নমুখী ) His fame is at a low ebb now.
  • Big gun ( নেতৃস্থানীয় ব্যক্তি ) He is a big gun of our locality.
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • clever hit ( কথার মতন কথা )
  • Wild goose chase ( পন্ডশ্রম ) Do not waste time in wild goose chase.