"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.
  • Look at ( তাকানো ) Look at the moon.
  • Differ from ( ভিন্নরূপ হওয়া ) This thing differs from that.
  • Prompt in ( চটপটে (উত্তর) ) He is prompt in his answer.
  • Rob of ( অপহরণ করা ) Somebody robbed him of his purse.
  • Divide into ( বিভক্ত করা (অংশ) ) It was divided into several parts.

Idioms:

  • pound of flesh ( এক চুল এদিক ওদিক নয় )
  • A black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) Tom is a black sheep in their family
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • Slip of the pen ( লেখায় অসতর্কতাবশতঃ সামান্য ভুল ) This mistake is due to a slip of the pen.
  • A bed of roses thorns ( কন্টকময় জীবন ) Life is nothing but a bed of roses.
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.