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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Busy with ( ব্যস্ত ) He is busy with his studies.
  • Polite in ( নম্র ) He is polite in his manners. (Polite to strangers).
  • Deaf to ( শুনতে অনিচ্ছুক ) He is deaf to my request.
  • Ashamed of ( লজ্জিত ) He is not ashamed of his conduct.
  • Ill with ( অসুস্থ ) He is ill with fever.
  • Confined in ( আবদ্ধ (কক্ষ) ) He is confined in a room for five days.

Idioms:

  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.
  • Ins and outs ( খুঁটিনাটি সব কিছু ) I know the ins and outs of the matter.
  • To the letter ( অক্ষরে অক্ষরে ) He followed my advice to the letter.
  • In vogue ( চালু ) This custom is not in vogue now.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Fish in a troubled water ( এলোমোলো অবস্থায় সুযোগ নেওয়া ) He made a lot of money by fishing in a troubled water.