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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Absorbed in ( নিবিষ্ট ; মগ্ন ) Scientist is absorbed in experiment
  • Live for ( বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives for fame.
  • Prior to ( পূর্বে ) Prior to that, he was in a wretched condition.
  • Vexed with ( বিরক্ত (ব্যক্তি) ) He is vexed with me at my conduct.
  • Count for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) His advice counts for nothing.
  • Confident to ( আবদ্ধ (শয্যা) ) He is confined to bed.

Idioms:

  • All at once ( হঠাৎ ) All at once a tiger came out of the forest.
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • At random ( বেপরোয়া ; এলোমেলো ) He hit the ball at random.
  • when pigs fly ( কখনও না ) I will help you when pigs fly
  • By no means ( কোন ভাবেই না ) I shall by no means call on him.