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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Absorbed in ( নিবিষ্ট ; মগ্ন ) Scientist is absorbed in experiment
  • Persist in ( লেগে থাকা ) He persisted in disturbing me.
  • Kind to ( সদয় ) She is very kind to the children.
  • Annoyed with ( বিরক্ত (ব্যক্তি) ) I was annoyed with him for being late.
  • Attach to ( জুড়ে দেওয়া ) Attach this file to the email.
  • Zealous for ( আগ্রহী ) He is zealous for improvement.

Idioms:

  • Red tape ( লাল ফিতার বাঁধন ; আমলাতান্ত্রিকতা ) Red tapism causes delay in official work.
  • loose cannon ( অপ্রত্যাশিত ) He is a bit of a loose cannon.
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • Come to light ( প্রকাশিত হওয়া ) Their private talk has come to light at last.