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Appropriate Preposition:
- Respect to ( সম্বন্ধে ) We are talking with respect to that matter.
- Similar to ( সদৃশ ) This pen is similar to that.
- Hard of ( কম শোনা ) He is hard of hearing.
- Alarmed at ( আতঙ্কিত ) We were alarmed at he news.
- Plead for ( ওকালতি করা (কোনকিছু) ) I pleaded with him for justice (against the wrong done to me).
- Engaged in ( নিযুক্ত (কাজে) ) I was engaged with him in talk.
Idioms:
- Burning question ( তীব্র বিতর্কের বিষয় ) The problem of the dowry system is the burning question of the day.
- Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.
- Call in question ( সন্দেহ করা ) No one can call his honesty in question.
- Cock and bull story ( গাঁজাখুরি গল্প ) Nobody will believe your cock and bull story
- In the mean time ( ইতিমধ্যে ) Lila will come here to-night. In the mean time you should get her room ready.
- As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.