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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Apply to ( আবেদন করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He applied to he Secretary for the post.
  • Delight in ( আনন্দ ) He takes delight in music.
  • Compete with ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন একজন) ) I competed with him for the first prize.
  • Useful for ( প্রয়োজনীয় (উদ্দেশ্য) ) This book is useful to us for examination.
  • Engaged with ( নিযুক্ত (ব্যক্তি) ) I was engaged with him in talk.
  • Absorbed in ( নিবিষ্ট ; মগ্ন ) Scientist is absorbed in experiment

Idioms:

  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )
  • Lame excuse ( বাজে গুজব ) This lame excuse will to do.
  • In vogue ( চালু ) This custom is not in vogue now.
  • Slow coach ( অলস প্রকৃতির লোক ) You cannot expect much from a slow coach like him.
  • Gala Day ( উৎসবের দিন ) The 15th August is a gala day to the Indians.
  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.