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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Wonder at ( অবাক হওয়া ) I wonder at his ignorance.
  • Oblige to ( বাধিত করা ) I am obliged to him for his co-operation.
  • Compete with ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন একজন) ) I competed with him for the first prize.
  • Guess at ( অনুমান করা ) Can you guess at her age?
  • Rob of ( অপহরণ করা ) Somebody robbed him of his purse.
  • Comply with ( মেনে নেওয়া ) I shall comply with your request.

Idioms:

  • Head and ears ( সম্পূর্ণরূপে ) He is over head and ears in debt.
  • pound of flesh ( এক চুল এদিক ওদিক নয় )
  • Bad blood ( মনোমালিন্য ; শত্রতা ; দ্বেষ ) Now there is bad blood between the two brothers.
  • Curry favour ( তোষামোদ করিয়ে প্রিয় হওয়া ) He knows how to curry favour with officers.
  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.
  • Beggar description ( বর্ণনাতীত ) The beauty of the Taj beggars description.