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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Certain of ( নিশ্চিত ) He is now certain of his ground.
  • Wish for ( আকাঙ্খা করা ) I do not wish for name and fame.
  • Displeased at ( অসন্তুষ্ট ) I am displeased with him at his conduct.
  • Compete for ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন কিছু) ) He competed for the first position.
  • Fatal to ( মারাত্মক ) he doctor's mistake proved fatal to his life.
  • Pity for ( করুণা ) Have pity for the poor.

Idioms:

  • At last ( অবশেষে ) I got my missing book at last.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • to the bad ( মন্দাবস্থায় ; ঘাটতি অবস্থায় )
  • Now and then ( মাঝে মাঝে ) He comes here now and then.
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • Far and wide ( সর্বত্র ) His fame as a scholar spread far and wide