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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.
  • Officiate in ( পরিবর্তে কাজ করা (পদ) ) He officiated for me in that post.
  • Boast of ( গর্ব করা ) Do not boast of your wealth.
  • Absorbed in ( নিবিষ্ট ; মগ্ন ) Scientist is absorbed in experiment
  • Comply with ( মেনে নেওয়া ) I shall comply with your request.
  • Sensitive to ( সংবেদনশীল ) She is sensitive to cold.

Idioms:

  • have a bad time ( দুশ্চিন্তায় কাল কাটানো ; দুঃসময়ে পড়া )
  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • To the contrary ( কাহারও বক্তব্যের বিপক্ষে ) In the court he said nothing to the contrary.
  • As if ( যেন ) He swims so beautifully as if he is the Olympic gold medalist.
  • be bad at ( দক্ষ না হওয়া )