"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.
  • Certain of ( নিশ্চিত ) He is now certain of his ground.
  • Supply to ( যোগান দেওয়া (ব্যক্তি) ) He supplied food to us.
  • Lacking in ( অভাব আছে এমন ) He is lacking in courage.
  • Require of ( প্রয়োজন হওয়া (কোন কিছু) ) I required a loan of him.
  • Ashamed for ( লজ্জিত ) I feel ashamed for you.

Idioms:

  • Bone of contention ( বিবাদের বিষয় ) The paternal property is the bone of contention between the two brothers.
  • By hook or by crook ( যে কোন উপায়ে ) You must do this work by hook or by crook.
  • By leaps and bounds ( অতি দ্রুতগতিতে ) The population of Bangladesh is increasing by leaps and bounds.
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.
  • In order to ( উদ্দেশ্য ) He came here in order to meet my mother.