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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Escape by ( রক্ষা করা ) He escaped by a hair breadth.
  • Respect of ( সম্বন্ধে ) He is junior to me in respect of service.
  • Engaged to ( বাগদত্ত ) Lila was engaged to him.
  • Absorbed in ( নিবিষ্ট ; মগ্ন ) Scientist is absorbed in experiment
  • Add to ( যোগ করা ) Add this to that.
  • Based on ( ভিত্তি থাকা ) Your remarks were not based on the facts.

Idioms:

  • By hook or by crook ( যে কোন উপায়ে ) You must do this work by hook or by crook.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • Call in question ( সন্দেহ করা ) No one can call his honesty in question.
  • Above board ( সংশয়হীন ভাবে নির্দোষ ) His activities are open and above board.
  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather
  • In a nut shell ( খুব সংক্ষেপে ) Tell the story in a nut shell.