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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Complain against ( অভিযোগ করা (অন্য ব্যক্তি) ) The complained to the Director against the Manager about her behavior.
  • Involved in ( জড়িত ) He is involved in the plot.
  • Lay by ( সঞ্চয় করা ) Lay by something for the old age.
  • Obsessed with ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is obsessed with the idea.
  • Enquire into ( অনুসন্ধান করা (কোন ব্যপার) ) He enquired of me into the matter.
  • Pleased with ( সন্তুষ্ট ) I am pleased with him.

Idioms:

  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • In the long run ( পরিশেষে ) You will have to suffer in the long run.
  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )
  • set a naught ( কলা দেখানো )
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.