"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.
  • Admit to ( ভর্তি করা ) Khadil was admitted to university.
  • Overcome by ( দমন করা ) He was overcome by anger.
  • Acquit of ( খালাস দেওয়া ) High court acquit him of the charge.
  • Contrary to ( বিপরীত ) His action is contrary to his words.
  • Confident of ( স্থির বিশ্বাসী ) I am confident of success.

Idioms:

  • be in ones bad books ( কারও অপ্রিয় হওয়া )
  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.
  • At a loss ( হতবু্দ্ধি ; কিংকর্তব্যবিমূঢ় ) He was at a loss and did not know what to do.
  • reinvent the wheel ( এমন কোনকিছু তৈরিতে সময় নষ্ট করা যা বর্তমানে বিদ্যমান ও ঠিকঠাক কাজ করে ) There's no point in us reinventing the wheel
  • In the long run ( পরিশেষে ) You will have to suffer in the long run.
  • Die in harness ( কর্মরত অবস্থায় মারা যাওয়া ) Dr. Sen died in harness.