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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Confined in ( আবদ্ধ (কক্ষ) ) He is confined in a room for five days.
  • Vain of ( অহঙ্কারী ) She is vain of her beauty.
  • Mourn over ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn over the dead.
  • Encroach on ( অনধিকার প্রবেশ করা ) Do not encroach on my land.
  • Deprived of ( বঞ্চিত ) He was deprived of his property.
  • Useful to ( প্রয়োজনীয় (ব্যক্তি) ) This book is useful to us for examination.

Idioms:

  • Weal and woe ( সুখ-দুঃখ ) Human life is full of weal and woe.
  • set a naught ( কলা দেখানো )
  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather
  • Slow coach ( অলস প্রকৃতির লোক ) You cannot expect much from a slow coach like him.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • have ones eyes ( কারও হাতে বিস্তর কাজ থাকা )