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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Compete for ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন কিছু) ) He competed for the first position.
  • Ambition for ( উচ্চাকাঙ্খা ) He has no ambition for fame in life.
  • Rob of ( অপহরণ করা ) Somebody robbed him of his purse.
  • Prompt at ( চটপটে (ব্যক্তিত্ব) ) He is prompt at figures.
  • Open at ( উন্মুক্ত করা বা খোলা ) Open at page 20 of English book.
  • Sentence to ( দন্ডাদেশ দেওয়া ) He was sentenced to death for murder.

Idioms:

  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • In a nut shell ( খুব সংক্ষেপে ) Tell the story in a nut shell.
  • breathe out ( নিঃশ্বাস ত্যাগ করা ) At last, he breathed his last breath out, and that was the end.
  • Gift of the gab ( বাককটুতা ) An advocate should have the gift of the gab.
  • clever hit ( কথার মতন কথা )
  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.