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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Favourable to ( অনুকূল (ব্যক্তি) ) This situation is favourable to me for doing this.
  • Provide against ( পূর্বে ব্যবস্থা করা ; সরবরাহ করা ) You must provide against evil days for your children.
  • Replace with another ( পরিবর্তন করা (একটি জিনিস) ) Replace this chair with new one.
  • Busy with ( ব্যস্ত ) He is busy with his studies.
  • Pass for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) He passes for a clever man.
  • Engaged in ( নিযুক্ত (কাজে) ) I was engaged with him in talk.

Idioms:

  • At a loss ( হতবু্দ্ধি ; কিংকর্তব্যবিমূঢ় ) He was at a loss and did not know what to do.
  • End in smoke ( ব্যর্থ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.
  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather
  • harp on the same string ( এক কথা বারবার বলা )
  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.
  • In the mean time ( ইতিমধ্যে ) Lila will come here to-night. In the mean time you should get her room ready.