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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Absorbed in ( নিবিষ্ট ; মগ্ন ) Scientist is absorbed in experiment
  • Rob of ( অপহরণ করা ) Somebody robbed him of his purse.
  • Similar to ( সদৃশ ) This pen is similar to that.
  • Consistent with ( সামঞ্জস্যপূর্ণ ) Your action is not consistent with the rules.
  • True to ( বিশ্বস্ত ) He is true to his master.
  • Die for ( মারা যাওয়া (কারণ) ) He died for his country.

Idioms:

  • Bed of roses ( আরামদায়ক অবস্থা ) Life is not a bed of roses.
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • Chip of the old block ( বাপকা বেটা ) He is a chip of the old black.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • Make both ends meet ( আয়ব্যয় মেলানো ) I cannot make both ends meet with my small income.
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.