"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
  • Argue against ( যূক্তি দেখানো (কোন কিছু) ) I argued with him against the point.
  • Rest upon ( নির্ভর করা ; বিশ্বাসস্থাপন করা ) I rest upon your promise.
  • Persist in ( লেগে থাকা ) He persisted in disturbing me.
  • Rob of ( অপহরণ করা ) Somebody robbed him of his purse.
  • Informed of ( অবহিত ) I was not informed of your misfortune.

Idioms:

  • Take to one's heels ( ছুটিয়া পালানো ) The thieves took to their heels to see the police.
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home
  • Burning question ( তীব্র বিতর্কের বিষয় ) The problem of the dowry system is the burning question of the day.
  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush