"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.
  • Taste for ( রুচি ) She has no taste for music.
  • Based on ( ভিত্তি থাকা ) Your remarks were not based on the facts.
  • Invite to ( নিমন্ত্রণ করা ) I invited him to dinner.
  • Resign to ( আত্মসমর্পন করা (স্বয়ং) ) I resigned myself to fate
  • Pleased with ( সন্তুষ্ট ) I am pleased with him.

Idioms:

  • Slow coach ( অলস প্রকৃতির লোক ) You cannot expect much from a slow coach like him.
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • Sink in ( আবদ্ধ হওয়া, ডুবে যাওয়া ) He sank in mud or the ship sank into the sea.
  • be on ones back ( একেবারে কুপোকাত )
  • Gift of the gab ( বাককটুতা ) An advocate should have the gift of the gab.
  • All but ( প্রায় ) The poor villagers are all but ruined.