"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.
  • Taste for ( রুচি ) She has no taste for music.
  • Conscious of ( সচেতন ) He is conscious of his weakness.
  • Wish for ( আকাঙ্খা করা ) I do not wish for name and fame.
  • Tide over ( অতিক্রম করা ) He will soon tide over the difficulty.
  • Prompt at ( চটপটে (ব্যক্তিত্ব) ) He is prompt at figures.

Idioms:

  • Now and then ( মাঝে মাঝে ) He comes here now and then.
  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.
  • Nip in the bud ( অঙ্কুরে বিনষ্ট করা ) All his hopes were nipped in the bud.
  • At home ( দক্ষ ) He is at home in mathematics.
  • Slow coach ( অলস প্রকৃতির লোক ) You cannot expect much from a slow coach like him.
  • Chip of the old block ( বাপকা বেটা ) He is a chip of the old black.