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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.
  • Engaged in ( নিযুক্ত (কাজে) ) I was engaged with him in talk.
  • Obsessed by ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is obsessed by the idea.
  • Sure of ( নিশ্চিত ) I am sure of success.
  • Angry with ( রাগান্বিত (ব্যক্তি) ) He is angry with me for speaking against him.
  • Affectionate to ( স্নেহশীল ) He is affectionate to me.

Idioms:

  • Fish in a troubled water ( এলোমোলো অবস্থায় সুযোগ নেওয়া ) He made a lot of money by fishing in a troubled water.
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home
  • Big gun ( নেতৃস্থানীয় ব্যক্তি ) He is a big gun of our locality.
  • in the doldrums ( উদাসীন ভাবাপন্ন )
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.