"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
  • Charge on or against ( অভিযোগ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) Theft was charged on (against) him.
  • Favourable to ( অনুকূল (ব্যক্তি) ) This situation is favourable to me for doing this.
  • Envious of ( ঈর্ষান্বিত ) I am not envious of his riches.
  • Owe to ( ঋণী হওয়া ) I owe my all to him.
  • Accustomed to ( অভ্যস্ত ) I am accustomed to such a life.

Idioms:

  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • A rainy day ( দুর্দিন ) Everybody should save something for rainy day.
  • ABC ( প্রাথমিক জ্ঞান ) Everybody must know at least the ABC of religion.
  • blue blood ( অভিজাত বংশের রক্ত বহনকারী )
  • To the letter ( অক্ষরে অক্ষরে ) He followed my advice to the letter.
  • vile sycophant ( খঁয়ের খা )