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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Guilty of ( দোষী ) He is guilty of murder.
  • Lack of ( অভাব ) I have no lack of friends.
  • Envious of ( ঈর্ষান্বিত ) I am not envious of his riches.
  • Involved in ( জড়িত ) He is involved in the plot.
  • Compete with ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন একজন) ) I competed with him for the first prize.
  • Make for ( অগ্রসর হওয়া ) The ship made for England.

Idioms:

  • In the long run ( পরিশেষে ) You will have to suffer in the long run.
  • cringing flatterer ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • Out of date ( অপ্রচলিত ) This fashion is now out of date.
  • Maiden speech ( প্রথম বক্তৃতা ) His maiden speech fell flat on the audience.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • On the spur of the moment ( মুহুর্তের উত্তেজনায় ) He did it on the spur of the moment.