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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Key to ( সমাধানের উপায় ) He has found out the key to his problem.
  • Compete with ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন একজন) ) I competed with him for the first prize.
  • Confident of ( স্থির বিশ্বাসী ) I am confident of success.
  • Preferable to ( অধিক পছন্দযোগ্য ) Death is preferable to dishonor.
  • Abide by ( মেনে চলা ) One should abide by the rules
  • Qualified for ( যোগ্য ) He is qualified for the post.

Idioms:

  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • Square meal ( পেট ভরা আহার ) He is too poor to have a square meal every day.
  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.
  • In lieu of ( পরিবর্তে ) Give me this pen in lieu of that.