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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Wonder at ( অবাক হওয়া ) I wonder at his ignorance.
  • Aim at ( লক্ষ্য করা ) He aimed his gun at he bird.
  • Compete with ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন একজন) ) I competed with him for the first prize.
  • Composed of ( তৈরি ) Water is composed of Hydrogen and Oxygen.
  • Useful to ( প্রয়োজনীয় (ব্যক্তি) ) This book is useful to us for examination.
  • Preside over ( সভাপতিত্ব করা ) He presided over the meeting.

Idioms:

  • the exact point ( কাঁটায়-কাঁটায় )
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • big cheese ( দলের বা পরিবারের সবচেয়ে গুরুত্বপূর্ণ ব্যক্তি ) He is the big cheese who control everything in our group.
  • Now and then ( মাঝে মাঝে ) He comes here now and then.
  • Red tape ( লাল ফিতার বাঁধন ; আমলাতান্ত্রিকতা ) Red tapism causes delay in official work.
  • Above board ( সংশয়হীন ভাবে নির্দোষ ) His activities are open and above board.