"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.
  • Endowed with ( ভূষিত ) He is endowed with talents.
  • Charge with ( অভিযোগ করা (ত্রুটি) ) He was charged with theft.
  • Good at ( দক্ষ ) He is good at tennis.
  • Aptitude for ( স্বাভাবিক দক্ষতা ) I have no aptitude for Mathematics.
  • Pride on ( গর্ব করা ) He prides himself on his high birth.

Idioms:

  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home
  • At least ( অন্ততঃ ) At least one hundred boys will come to school today.
  • Hard nut to crack ( কঠিন সমস্যা ) The problem of adult education is really a hard nut to crack.
  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • A bed of roses thorns ( কন্টকময় জীবন ) Life is nothing but a bed of roses.
  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.