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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Involved in ( জড়িত ) He is involved in the plot.
  • Prior to ( পূর্বে ) Prior to that, he was in a wretched condition.
  • Displeased with ( অসন্তুষ্ট ) I am displeased with him at his conduct.
  • Escape by ( রক্ষা করা ) He escaped by a hair breadth.
  • Consist of ( গঠিত হওয়া ) This class consists of fifty boys and thirty girls.
  • Engaged with ( নিযুক্ত (ব্যক্তি) ) I was engaged with him in talk.

Idioms:

  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • At home ( দক্ষ ) He is at home in mathematics.
  • reap the harvest of sin ( কর্ম ভোগ করা )
  • Take to heart ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) He took his remark to heart.
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.