"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.
  • Absorbed in ( নিবিষ্ট ; মগ্ন ) Scientist is absorbed in experiment
  • Despair of ( নিরাশ হওয়া ) Do not despair of success.
  • Subject to ( শর্তাধীন ) This is subject to approval of the committee.
  • Tolerant of ( সহিষ্ণু ) We must be tolerant of opposition.
  • Due to ( কারণে ) His absence is due to illness.

Idioms:

  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • Call to mind ( স্মরণ করা ) I cannot call to mind your name.
  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.
  • clever hit ( কথার মতন কথা )
  • All at once ( হঠাৎ ) All at once a tiger came out of the forest.
  • Flesh and blood ( রক্তমাংসের শরীর ) Flesh and blood cannot bear with such insults.