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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Engaged in ( নিযুক্ত (কাজে) ) I was engaged with him in talk.
  • Guess at ( অনুমান করা ) Can you guess at her age?
  • Search for ( অনুসন্ধান ) Their search for the thing was of no avail.
  • Wait on ( সেবা করা ) The nurse waited on the patient.
  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.
  • Sentence to ( দন্ডাদেশ দেওয়া ) He was sentenced to death for murder.

Idioms:

  • Build castles in the air ( আকাশ কুসুম চিন্তা করা ) Don't idle away your time in building castles in the air.
  • pulling your leg ( কৌতক করা ) Do not take it seriously, i was just pulling you leg
  • have ones eyes ( কারও হাতে বিস্তর কাজ থাকা )
  • Weal and woe ( সুখ-দুঃখ ) Human life is full of weal and woe.
  • have a bad time ( দুশ্চিন্তায় কাল কাটানো ; দুঃসময়ে পড়া )
  • Pros and cons ( খুঁটিনাটি ) You should consider the Pros and cons of the system.