"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.
  • Disgrace to ( কলঙ্ক ) He is disgrace to his family.
  • Supply with ( যোগান দেওয়া (কোন জিনিস) ) He supplied us with food.
  • Excuse for ( অব্যাহতি দেওয়া ) He will not be excused for coming late.
  • Overcome with ( দমন করা ) He was overcome with fatigue.
  • Triumph over ( জয় করা ) Jim and Della triumphed over their poverty.

Idioms:

  • to the bad ( মন্দাবস্থায় ; ঘাটতি অবস্থায় )
  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.
  • Weal and woe ( সুখ-দুঃখ ) Human life is full of weal and woe.
  • Curry favour ( তোষামোদ করিয়ে প্রিয় হওয়া ) He knows how to curry favour with officers.
  • Take to heart ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) He took his remark to heart.
  • Big gun ( নেতৃস্থানীয় ব্যক্তি ) He is a big gun of our locality.