"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.
  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.
  • Adjacent to ( সংলগ্ন ) Her college is adjacent to her house.
  • Wait on ( সেবা করা ) The nurse waited on the patient.
  • Preside over ( সভাপতিত্ব করা ) He presided over the meeting.
  • Familiar with ( সুপরিচিত ) He is familiar with my brother.

Idioms:

  • Bag and baggage ( তল্পিতল্পাসহ ) He left the place bag and baggage.
  • hold your horses ( সবুর করা ; ধৈর্য ধরা ) Hold your horses in trouble, you will get your reward.
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.
  • Chip of the old block ( বাপকা বেটা ) He is a chip of the old black.
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.
  • pound of flesh ( এক চুল এদিক ওদিক নয় )