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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Look up ( শব্দার্থ খোঁজা ) Look up the word in the dictionary.
  • Access to ( প্রবেশ অধিকার ) Public has no access to this area.
  • Occupied with ( নিয়োজিত (কাজ) ) He is occupied with his studies.
  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Engaged in ( নিযুক্ত (কাজে) ) I was engaged with him in talk.
  • Fit for ( যোগ্য ) He is not fit for the job.

Idioms:

  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • Come off with flying colours ( জয়লাভ করা ) Our School team came off with flying colours.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • hold your horses ( সবুর করা ; ধৈর্য ধরা ) Hold your horses in trouble, you will get your reward.
  • clever hit ( কথার মতন কথা )
  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.