"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
  • Mourn over ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn over the dead.
  • Die by ( মারা যাওয়া (বিষ) ) He died by poison.
  • Different from ( পৃথক ) This book is different from that.
  • Quarrel with ( কলহ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) They quarreled with one another for the property.
  • Stare at ( একদৃষ্টিতে তাকানো ) She stared at me.

Idioms:

  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.
  • A bed of roses ( সুখ-স্বাচ্ছন্দ্যপূর্ণ জীবন ) Many people think that life is a bed of roses
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.
  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.
  • In vain ( বৃথা ) All his attempts were in vain.