"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
  • Prior to ( পূর্বে ) Prior to that, he was in a wretched condition.
  • Despair of ( নিরাশ হওয়া ) Do not despair of success.
  • Complain to ( অভিযোগ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) The complained to the Director against the Manager about her behavior.
  • Preferable to ( অধিক পছন্দযোগ্য ) Death is preferable to dishonor.
  • Tolerant of ( সহিষ্ণু ) We must be tolerant of opposition.

Idioms:

  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.
  • Bosom friend ( অন্তরঙ্গ বন্ধু ) Rifat is my bosom friend.
  • Stone's throw ( অতি নিকটে ) Our school is at a stone's throw form our house.
  • Out of temper ( ক্রুদ্ধ ) He is out of temper now.
  • harp on the same string ( এক কথা বারবার বলা )