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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Lame of ( খোঁড়া ) He is lame of one leg.
  • Engaged in ( নিযুক্ত (কাজে) ) I was engaged with him in talk.
  • Callous to ( উদাসীন ) He is callous to my suffering.
  • Brood on (over) ( মন খারাপ করা ) Do not brood over your misfortune.
  • Different from ( পৃথক ) This book is different from that.
  • Partial to ( পক্ষপাত দুষ্ট ) He is partial to his son.

Idioms:

  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.
  • At last ( অবশেষে ) I got my missing book at last.
  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )
  • know from a bare hint ( এক আঁচরেই বোঝা )
  • All at once ( হঠাৎ ) All at once a tiger came out of the forest.
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.