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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.
  • Disgusted at ( বিরক্ত ) I am disgusted with him at his conduct.
  • Mourn for ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn for the dead.
  • Compete for ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন কিছু) ) He competed for the first position.
  • Hanker after ( লালায়িত হওয়া ) Do not hanker after wealth.
  • Divide into ( বিভক্ত করা (অংশ) ) It was divided into several parts.

Idioms:

  • Round the clock ( সমস্ত দিন ) He is working round the clock.
  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.
  • Kith and kin ( নিকট আত্মীয় ) He has no good relationship with his kith and kin.
  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.
  • a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.
  • Bed of roses ( আরামদায়ক অবস্থা ) Life is not a bed of roses.