"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.
  • Ill with ( অসুস্থ ) He is ill with fever.
  • Remind of ( মনে করিয়ে দেওয়া (কোনকিছু) ) I reminded him of his promise.
  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.
  • Entitled to ( অধিকারী ) He is entitled to a reward for his honesty.
  • Wait for ( অপেক্ষা করা ) I waited for him for two hours.

Idioms:

  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )
  • In the long run ( পরিশেষে ) You will have to suffer in the long run.
  • At last ( অবশেষে ) I got my missing book at last.
  • At random ( বেপরোয়া ; এলোমেলো ) He hit the ball at random.
  • In a fix ( মুশকিলে পতিত ) He is in a fix and does not know what to do.