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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Occupied in ( নিয়োজিত ) He is occupied in writing a letter.
  • Parallel to ( সমান্তরাল ) This line is parallel to that.
  • Confined in ( আবদ্ধ (কক্ষ) ) He is confined in a room for five days.
  • Envy of ( ঈর্ষা ) I have no envy of him.
  • Cure of ( আরগ্য হওয়া ) He will be cured of the disease very soon.
  • Deaf of ( বধির ) He is deaf of one ear.

Idioms:

  • In the mean time ( ইতিমধ্যে ) Lila will come here to-night. In the mean time you should get her room ready.
  • to the bad ( মন্দাবস্থায় ; ঘাটতি অবস্থায় )
  • Get rid of ( মুক্তি পাওয়া ) Try to get rid of that rogue.
  • At all ( আদৌ ) He does not know French at all.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • To the contrary ( কাহারও বক্তব্যের বিপক্ষে ) In the court he said nothing to the contrary.