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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Guess at ( অনুমান করা ) Can you guess at her age?
  • Wait for ( অপেক্ষা করা ) I waited for him for two hours.
  • Compete for ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন কিছু) ) He competed for the first position.
  • Admit to ( ভর্তি করা ) Khadil was admitted to university.
  • Smile on ( অনুগ্রহ করা ) Fortune smiled on him.
  • Favourable for ( অনুকূল (কোনকিছু) ) This situation is favorable to me for doing this.

Idioms:

  • harp on the same string ( এক কথা বারবার বলা )
  • In a fix ( মুশকিলে পতিত ) He is in a fix and does not know what to do.
  • reap the harvest of sin ( কর্ম ভোগ করা )
  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.
  • Far and wide ( সর্বত্র ) His fame as a scholar spread far and wide
  • have ones eyes ( কারও হাতে বিস্তর কাজ থাকা )