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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Absorbed in ( নিবিষ্ট ; মগ্ন ) Scientist is absorbed in experiment
  • Equal in ( সমতুল্য (পদমর্যদা) ) Mr.Karim is equal in rank with Mr.Rahim.
  • Hard of ( কম শোনা ) He is hard of hearing.
  • Opposite to ( বিপরীত ) Your idea is opposite to mine.
  • Engaged in ( নিযুক্ত (কাজে) ) I was engaged with him in talk.
  • Destined to ( ভাগ্য নির্দিষ্ট ) He was destined to death.

Idioms:

  • to the bad ( মন্দাবস্থায় ; ঘাটতি অবস্থায় )
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • Stone's throw ( অতি নিকটে ) Our school is at a stone's throw form our house.
  • Bird of a feather ( এক রকম স্বভাবের লোক ) Birds of a feather flock together.
  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.
  • word of no implication ( কথার কথা )