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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Wait for ( অপেক্ষা করা ) I waited for him for two hours.
  • Prompt at ( চটপটে (ব্যক্তিত্ব) ) He is prompt at figures.
  • Compete for ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন কিছু) ) He competed for the first position.
  • Equal to ( সমতুল্য (কাজ) ) He rose equal to the occasion.
  • Annoyed for ( বিরক্ত (কোন কিছু) ) I was annoyed for the music.
  • Destined to ( ভাগ্য নির্দিষ্ট ) He was destined to death.

Idioms:

  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.
  • walk in someone shoes ( কারো অভিজ্ঞতা বা অবস্থানে থাকা বোঝায় ) When you walk in my shoes, you might understand.
  • Carry the day ( জয়লাভ করা ) Rajib, the best player of the school, carried the day in the annual sports.
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • Pros and cons ( খুঁটিনাটি ) You should consider the Pros and cons of the system.
  • Turn down ( প্রত্যাখান করা ) He turned down my proposal.