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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Engaged with ( নিযুক্ত (ব্যক্তি) ) I was engaged with him in talk.
  • Busy with ( ব্যস্ত ) He is busy with his studies.
  • Eligible for ( যোগ্য ) He is eligible for the post.
  • Inferior to ( নিকৃষ্ট ; হীন ) He is inferior to his neighbour.
  • Annoyed with ( বিরক্ত (ব্যক্তি) ) I was annoyed with him for being late.
  • Affectionate to ( স্নেহশীল ) He is affectionate to me.

Idioms:

  • when pigs fly ( কখনও না ) I will help you when pigs fly
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • Kith and kin ( নিকট আত্মীয় ) He has no good relationship with his kith and kin.
  • Far and wide ( সর্বত্র ) His fame as a scholar spread far and wide
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • At all events ( যাই ঘটুক সব ক্ষেত্রেই ) I shall stand by him at all events.