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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Engaged in ( নিযুক্ত (কাজে) ) I was engaged with him in talk.
  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Die in ( মারা যাওয়া (শান্তি) ) Let me die in peace.
  • Rejoice at ( আনন্দ করা ) Every one rejoiced at her success.
  • Accompanied by ( সঙ্গী হওয়া ) He was accompanied by his father.
  • Guilty of ( দোষী ) He is guilty of murder.

Idioms:

  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home
  • keep your chin up ( সুখি হওয়া ) His attempt keep your chin up
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • At last ( অবশেষে ) I got my missing book at last.
  • At arm’s length ( দূরে ) Try to keep the bad boy at arm’s length.
  • Burning question ( তীব্র বিতর্কের বিষয় ) The problem of the dowry system is the burning question of the day.