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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Compete with ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন একজন) ) I competed with him for the first prize.
  • Deal in ( ব্যবসা করা ) He deals in rice.
  • Limit to ( সীমা ) You should have a limit to your demands.
  • Enquire into ( অনুসন্ধান করা (কোন ব্যপার) ) He enquired of me into the matter.
  • Inferior to ( নিকৃষ্ট ; হীন ) He is inferior to his neighbour.
  • Count for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) His advice counts for nothing.

Idioms:

  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.
  • Curry favour ( তোষামোদ করিয়ে প্রিয় হওয়া ) He knows how to curry favour with officers.
  • Gift of the gab ( বাককটুতা ) An advocate should have the gift of the gab.
  • At stake ( বিপন্ন ) His life is at stake now.
  • a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.