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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Engaged with ( নিযুক্ত (ব্যক্তি) ) I was engaged with him in talk.
  • Liking for ( রুচি ) She has a liking for music.
  • Alternative to ( বিকল্প ) This question is alternative to that.
  • Guess at ( অনুমান করা ) Can you guess at her age?
  • Talk of ( কথা বলা (কোন জিনিস) ) I am talking to (with) Mr. Roy of (about, over) the matter.
  • Smell of ( গন্ধ দেয় ) This glass smells of wine.

Idioms:

  • A blessing in disguise ( বিপরীতে হিত ; প্রথমে খারাপ হিসেবে মনে হলেও পরবর্তীতে ভালো হয় ) Sam's motorcycle accident was a blessing in disguise because he got enough insurance money.
  • to the bad ( মন্দাবস্থায় ; ঘাটতি অবস্থায় )
  • Take to one's heels ( ছুটিয়া পালানো ) The thieves took to their heels to see the police.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • For good ( চিরকালের জন্য ) He left the country for good.
  • In a fix ( মুশকিলে পতিত ) He is in a fix and does not know what to do.