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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Smile on ( অনুগ্রহ করা ) Fortune smiled on him.
  • Conscious of ( সচেতন ) He is conscious of his weakness.
  • Engaged in ( নিযুক্ত (কাজে) ) I was engaged with him in talk.
  • Talk of ( কথা বলা (কোন জিনিস) ) I am talking to (with) Mr. Roy of (about, over) the matter.
  • Bent on ( ঝোঁক ) He is bent on playing cricket.
  • Mourn over ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn over the dead.

Idioms:

  • be bad at ( দক্ষ না হওয়া )
  • bad debts ( অশোধ্য বা অনাদায়ী ঋন ; যে ঋন শোধ করা যাবে না )
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • Household word ( সকলের পরিচিত নাম ) Mother Teresa's name has now become a household word.
  • harp on the same string ( এক কথা বারবার বলা )
  • a piece of cake ( খুবই সহজ ) This assignment is a piece of cake