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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Allot to ( বিলি করা ) One room has been allotted to him.
  • Guilty of ( দোষী ) He is guilty of murder.
  • Compete with ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন একজন) ) I competed with him for the first prize.
  • Smile on ( অনুগ্রহ করা ) Fortune smiled on him.
  • Rid of ( মুক্ত হওয়া ) Get rid of bad company.
  • Relevant to ( প্রাসঙ্গিক ) Your remark is not relevant to the point.

Idioms:

  • Achilles heel ( দুর্বলতা বা ত্রুটি ) He is trying to hide but everybody knows his achilles' heel
  • cringing flatterer ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • By no means ( কোন ভাবেই না ) I shall by no means call on him.
  • Bone of contention ( বিবাদের বিষয় ) The paternal property is the bone of contention between the two brothers.
  • Take to one's heels ( ছুটিয়া পালানো ) The thieves took to their heels to see the police.