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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Key to ( সমাধানের উপায় ) He has found out the key to his problem.
  • Compete for ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন কিছু) ) He competed for the first position.
  • Divide among ( ভাগ করা (দুইয়ের অধিক) ) Divide the mangoes among the boys.
  • Argue for ( যূক্তি দেখানো (কোন কিছু) ) I argued with him for the point.
  • Faith with ( বিশ্বাস (ভঙ্গ) ) He broke faith with me.
  • Indebted to ( ঋণী ; কৃতজ্ঞ ) I am indebted to him for this help.

Idioms:

  • be on ones back ( একেবারে কুপোকাত )
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • In the long run ( পরিশেষে ) You will have to suffer in the long run.
  • Wild goose chase ( পন্ডশ্রম ) Do not waste time in wild goose chase.
  • Cock and bull story ( গাঁজাখুরি গল্প ) Nobody will believe your cock and bull story
  • In a fix ( মুশকিলে পতিত ) He is in a fix and does not know what to do.