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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Sick of ( পীড়িত, ক্লান্ত ) He is sick for home.
  • Compete with ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন একজন) ) I competed with him for the first prize.
  • Live on ( খেয়ে বাঁচা ) The cow lives on grass.
  • Occur to ( মনে হওয়া ) The idea never occurred to me.
  • Mourn for ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn for the dead.
  • Envy of ( ঈর্ষা ) I have no envy of him.

Idioms:

  • a rotten apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few rotten apples.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • By no means ( কোন ভাবেই না ) I shall by no means call on him.
  • big cheese ( দলের বা পরিবারের সবচেয়ে গুরুত্বপূর্ণ ব্যক্তি ) He is the big cheese who control everything in our group.
  • Rank and file ( সাধারণ লোক ) We should pay attention to the rank and file of the country.
  • Big gun ( নেতৃস্থানীয় ব্যক্তি ) He is a big gun of our locality.