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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Occupied with ( নিয়োজিত (কাজ) ) He is occupied with his studies.
  • Make out ( বুঝতে পারা ) I cannot make out what you say.
  • Mourn for ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn for the dead.
  • Officiate in ( পরিবর্তে কাজ করা (পদ) ) He officiated for me in that post.
  • Junior to ( নিম্নপদস্থ ; বয়সে কম ) He is junior to me in service.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.

Idioms:

  • At all ( আদৌ ) He does not know French at all.
  • In time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) He reached the station in time.
  • Turn a deaf ear to ( মনোযোগ না দেওয়া ) He turned a deaf ear to my proposal.
  • set a naught ( কলা দেখানো )
  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.
  • At one’s own sweet will ( খুশি মতো ) He still does it at his own sweet will.