"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.
  • Grateful to ( কৃতজ্ঞ (ব্যক্তি) ) I am grateful to you for your help.
  • Wait for ( অপেক্ষা করা ) I waited for him for two hours.
  • Respond to ( উত্তর দেওয়া ) Nobody responded to my call.
  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.
  • Distinguish between ( প্রভেদ করা ) Distinguish between a phrase and a clause.

Idioms:

  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • Bone of contention ( বিবাদের বিষয় ) The paternal property is the bone of contention between the two brothers.
  • know from a bare hint ( এক আঁচরেই বোঝা )
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • bad shoot ( অসংগত অনুমান )