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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Compete for ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন কিছু) ) He competed for the first position.
  • Long for ( কামনা করা ) He longed for fame.
  • Look into ( অনুসন্ধান করা ) I am looking into the matter.
  • Obsessed by ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is obsessed by the idea.
  • Difference between ( পার্থক্য ) There is no difference between the two brothers.
  • Smile on ( অনুগ্রহ করা ) Fortune smiled on him.

Idioms:

  • Bid fair ( ভালো কিছু আশা করা ) He bids fair to be a good doctor.
  • bunch of fives ( মুষ্টি ; পাঁচ আঙ্গুলের মুঠো ) Rock can break anything with his bunch of fives.
  • word of no implication ( কথার কথা )
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • Widow's mite ( দরিদ্রর ক্ষুদ্র দান ) A widow's mite is no less important than a large contribution of a rich man.
  • Flesh and blood ( রক্তমাংসের শরীর ) Flesh and blood cannot bear with such insults.