"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.
  • Escape from ( পলায়ন করা ) The prisoner escaped from the jail.
  • Envious of ( ঈর্ষান্বিত ) I am not envious of his riches.
  • Contrary to ( বিপরীত ) His action is contrary to his words.
  • Remedy for ( প্রতিকার ) There is no remedy for this disease.
  • Inferior to ( নিকৃষ্ট ; হীন ) He is inferior to his neighbour.

Idioms:

  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • Flesh and blood ( রক্তমাংসের শরীর ) Flesh and blood cannot bear with such insults.
  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.
  • Household word ( সকলের পরিচিত নাম ) Mother Teresa's name has now become a household word.
  • In order to ( উদ্দেশ্য ) He came here in order to meet my mother.
  • In one's teens ( তের থেকে উনিশ বছর বয়সের মধ্যে ) She is yet in her teens.