"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.
  • Callous to ( উদাসীন ) He is callous to my suffering.
  • Tide over ( অতিক্রম করা ) He will soon tide over the difficulty.
  • Listen to ( শোনা ) Listen to the news on the radio.
  • Ambition for ( উচ্চাকাঙ্খা ) He has no ambition for fame in life.
  • Proportionate to ( আনুপাতিক ) Punishment should be proportionate to offence.

Idioms:

  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.
  • In one's teens ( তের থেকে উনিশ বছর বয়সের মধ্যে ) She is yet in her teens.
  • Come off with flying colours ( জয়লাভ করা ) Our School team came off with flying colours.
  • At one’s own sweet will ( খুশি মতো ) He still does it at his own sweet will.
  • bad shoot ( অসংগত অনুমান )