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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Partial to ( পক্ষপাত দুষ্ট ) He is partial to his son.
  • Respond to ( উত্তর দেওয়া ) Nobody responded to my call.
  • Pride on ( গর্ব করা ) He prides himself on his high birth.
  • Fill with ( পরিপূর্ণ ) This tank is filled with water.
  • Interest in ( আগ্রহ ) He has a special interest in history.
  • Compete with ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন একজন) ) I competed with him for the first prize.

Idioms:

  • Now and then ( মাঝে মাঝে ) He comes here now and then.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • bad shoot ( অসংগত অনুমান )
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.
  • Maiden speech ( প্রথম বক্তৃতা ) His maiden speech fell flat on the audience.
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.