"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.
  • Look over ( পরীক্ষা করা ) He is looking over the answer papers.
  • Comply with ( মেনে নেওয়া ) I shall comply with your request.
  • Pleased at ( সন্তুষ্ট (কোনকিছু) ) I am pleased at the news.
  • Inquire of ( অনুসন্ধান করা (ব্যক্তি) ) I inquired of him about the matter.
  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.

Idioms:

  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.
  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.
  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.
  • In the long run ( পরিশেষে ) You will have to suffer in the long run.