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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Listen to ( শোনা ) Listen to the news on the radio.
  • Accompanied by ( সঙ্গী হওয়া ) He was accompanied by his father.
  • Compete with ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন একজন) ) I competed with him for the first prize.
  • Familiar with ( সুপরিচিত ) He is familiar with my brother.
  • Sentence to ( দন্ডাদেশ দেওয়া ) He was sentenced to death for murder.
  • Respond to ( উত্তর দেওয়া ) Nobody responded to my call.

Idioms:

  • the exact point ( কাঁটায়-কাঁটায় )
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • tickled pink ( খুব খুশি করানো ) She was tickled pink by the good news.
  • Get rid of ( মুক্তি পাওয়া ) Try to get rid of that rogue.
  • Burning question ( তীব্র বিতর্কের বিষয় ) The problem of the dowry system is the burning question of the day.
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.