"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.
  • Mad with ( উন্মাদ প্রায় ) He is mad with pain.
  • Prohibit from ( বারণ করা ) I prohibited him from going there.
  • Avail of ( সুযোগ গ্রহণ করা ) You must avail yourself of the business.
  • Charge on or against ( অভিযোগ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) Theft was charged on (against) him.
  • Mourn over ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn over the dead.

Idioms:

  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • A black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) Tom is a black sheep in their family
  • Heart and soul ( সর্বান্তঃকরণে ) Try heard and soul and you will succeed.
  • Bosom friend ( অন্তরঙ্গ বন্ধু ) Rifat is my bosom friend.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.