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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Hunger for ( তীব্র আকাঙ্খা ) His hunger for knowledge surprised us.
  • Hanker after ( লালায়িত হওয়া ) Do not hanker after wealth.
  • Wait on ( সেবা করা ) The nurse waited on the patient.
  • Displeased with ( অসন্তুষ্ট ) I am displeased with him at his conduct.
  • Compete with ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন একজন) ) I competed with him for the first prize.
  • Equal with ( সমতুল্য (ব্যক্তি) ) Mr.Karim is equal in rank with Mr.Rahim.

Idioms:

  • keep your chin up ( সুখি হওয়া ) His attempt keep your chin up
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • At home ( দক্ষ ) He is at home in mathematics.
  • be in ones bad books ( কারও অপ্রিয় হওয়া )
  • Bid fair ( ভালো কিছু আশা করা ) He bids fair to be a good doctor.
  • Gift of the gab ( বাককটুতা ) An advocate should have the gift of the gab.