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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Weary of ( ক্লান্ত ) He is weary of hard life.
  • Compete for ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন কিছু) ) He competed for the first position.
  • Aim at ( লক্ষ্য করা ) He aimed his gun at he bird.
  • Apply for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He applied to the Secretary for the post.
  • Live on ( খেয়ে বাঁচা ) The cow lives on grass.
  • Abound with ( প্রচুর পরিমাণে থাকা ) The ocean abounds with fish.

Idioms:

  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • As if ( যেন ) He swims so beautifully as if he is the Olympic gold medalist.
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.
  • Hush money ( ঘুষ ) He offered a hush money to suppress the murder.
  • Bosom friend ( অন্তরঙ্গ বন্ধু ) Rifat is my bosom friend.
  • At stake ( বিপন্ন ) His life is at stake now.