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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Busy with ( ব্যস্ত ) He is busy with his studies.
  • Overcome by ( দমন করা ) He was overcome by anger.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Faithful to ( বিশ্বস্ত ) The dog is faithful to his master.
  • Enquire of ( অনুসন্ধান করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He enquired of me into the matter.
  • Occupied in ( নিয়োজিত ) He is occupied in writing a letter.

Idioms:

  • At stake ( বিপন্ন ) His life is at stake now.
  • a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.
  • Pros and cons ( খুঁটিনাটি ) You should consider the Pros and cons of the system.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • On the spur of the moment ( মুহুর্তের উত্তেজনায় ) He did it on the spur of the moment.
  • Wild goose chase ( পন্ডশ্রম ) Do not waste time in wild goose chase.