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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Listen to ( শোনা ) Listen to the news on the radio.
  • Compete with ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন একজন) ) I competed with him for the first prize.
  • Tide over ( অতিক্রম করা ) He will soon tide over the difficulty.
  • Annoyed for ( বিরক্ত (কোন কিছু) ) I was annoyed for the music.
  • Live on ( খেয়ে বাঁচা ) The cow lives on grass.
  • Preside over ( সভাপতিত্ব করা ) He presided over the meeting.

Idioms:

  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • Catch red handed ( হাতে নাতে ধরা ) The thief was caught red handed.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • Take to heart ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) He took his remark to heart.
  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.