"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.
  • Contribute to ( দান হিসাবে দেওয়া ) He contributed one thousand taka to the Flood Relief Fund.
  • Agree to ( একমত হওয়া (প্রস্তাব) ) I can't agree to the proposals.
  • Based on ( ভিত্তি থাকা ) Your remarks were not based on the facts.
  • Agree with ( একমত হওয়া (ব্যক্তি) ) I agree with you on this point
  • Essential to ( অত্যাবশ্যক ) Food is essential to health.

Idioms:

  • Hush money ( ঘুষ ) He offered a hush money to suppress the murder.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • In the mean time ( ইতিমধ্যে ) Lila will come here to-night. In the mean time you should get her room ready.
  • By leaps and bounds ( অতি দ্রুতগতিতে ) The population of Bangladesh is increasing by leaps and bounds.
  • From hand to mouth ( দিন আনে দিন খায় ) The poor man lives form hand to mouth.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.