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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Absorbed in ( নিবিষ্ট ; মগ্ন ) Scientist is absorbed in experiment
  • Avail of ( সুযোগ গ্রহণ করা ) You must avail yourself of the business.
  • Eligible for ( যোগ্য ) He is eligible for the post.
  • Charge on or against ( অভিযোগ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) Theft was charged on (against) him.
  • Preside over ( সভাপতিত্ব করা ) He presided over the meeting.
  • Long for ( কামনা করা ) He longed for fame.

Idioms:

  • To the contrary ( কাহারও বক্তব্যের বিপক্ষে ) In the court he said nothing to the contrary.
  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.
  • From hand to mouth ( দিন আনে দিন খায় ) The poor man lives form hand to mouth.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • All at once ( হঠাৎ ) All at once a tiger came out of the forest.
  • Bag and baggage ( তল্পিতল্পাসহ ) He left the place bag and baggage.