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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Compete for ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন কিছু) ) He competed for the first position.
  • Ill with ( অসুস্থ ) He is ill with fever.
  • Alternative to ( বিকল্প ) This question is alternative to that.
  • Impose on ( চাপানো ) The task was imposed on him.
  • Anxious about ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) I am anxious about my health.
  • Jealous of ( ঈর্ষা পরায়ণ ) I am not at all jealous of his fortune.

Idioms:

  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • Stone's throw ( অতি নিকটে ) Our school is at a stone's throw form our house.
  • Up and downs ( উন্থানপতন ) There are ups and downs in a man's life.
  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.
  • In vogue ( চালু ) This custom is not in vogue now.
  • By no means ( কোন ভাবেই না ) I shall by no means call on him.