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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Accompanied by ( সঙ্গী হওয়া ) He was accompanied by his father.
  • Absorbed in ( নিবিষ্ট ; মগ্ন ) Scientist is absorbed in experiment
  • Occupied in ( নিয়োজিত ) He is occupied in writing a letter.
  • Deaf to ( শুনতে অনিচ্ছুক ) He is deaf to my request.
  • Opportunity for ( সুযোগ ) I have no opportunity for (of) doing the work.
  • Confined in ( আবদ্ধ (কক্ষ) ) He is confined in a room for five days.

Idioms:

  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • A bed of roses thorns ( কন্টকময় জীবন ) Life is nothing but a bed of roses.
  • Part and parcel ( অবিচ্ছেদ্য অংশ ) Discipline is part and parcel of administration.
  • Now and then ( মাঝে মাঝে ) He comes here now and then.
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • Ins and outs ( খুঁটিনাটি সব কিছু ) I know the ins and outs of the matter.