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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Junior to ( নিম্নপদস্থ ; বয়সে কম ) He is junior to me in service.
  • Triumph over ( জয় করা ) Jim and Della triumphed over their poverty.
  • Clue to ( সূত্র ) Find out the clue to the mystery.
  • Compete with ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন একজন) ) I competed with him for the first prize.
  • Hard of ( কম শোনা ) He is hard of hearing.
  • Live on ( খেয়ে বাঁচা ) The cow lives on grass.

Idioms:

  • Hard nut to crack ( কঠিন সমস্যা ) The problem of adult education is really a hard nut to crack.
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.
  • At one’s own sweet will ( খুশি মতো ) He still does it at his own sweet will.
  • to the bad ( মন্দাবস্থায় ; ঘাটতি অবস্থায় )
  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.
  • 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.