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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Late in ( দেরি ) Why are you so late in coming?
  • Engaged in ( নিযুক্ত (কাজে) ) I was engaged with him in talk.
  • Despair of ( নিরাশ হওয়া ) Do not despair of success.
  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.
  • Jealous of ( ঈর্ষা পরায়ণ ) I am not at all jealous of his fortune.
  • Proportionate to ( আনুপাতিক ) Punishment should be proportionate to offence.

Idioms:

  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • Stick to ( দৃঢ়ভাবে লেগে থাকা ) He sticks to his decision.
  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.
  • Head and ears ( সম্পূর্ণরূপে ) He is over head and ears in debt.
  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.
  • Wild goose chase ( পন্ডশ্রম ) Do not waste time in wild goose chase.