"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.
  • Look for ( খোঁজা ) I am looking for a good job.
  • Subject to ( শর্তাধীন ) This is subject to approval of the committee.
  • Rest with ( নির্ভর করা ; বিশ্বাসস্থাপন করা ) The whole matter rests with you.
  • Engaged to ( বাগদত্ত ) Lila was engaged to him.
  • Informed of ( অবহিত ) I was not informed of your misfortune.

Idioms:

  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.
  • reinvent the wheel ( এমন কোনকিছু তৈরিতে সময় নষ্ট করা যা বর্তমানে বিদ্যমান ও ঠিকঠাক কাজ করে ) There's no point in us reinventing the wheel
  • queer go ( অদ্ভুত ব্যপার )
  • word of no implication ( কথার কথা )
  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.