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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Engaged in ( নিযুক্ত (কাজে) ) I was engaged with him in talk.
  • Offensive to ( বিরক্তিকর ) This acrid smell is offensive to me.
  • Occur to ( মনে হওয়া ) The idea never occurred to me.
  • Accompanied by ( সঙ্গী হওয়া ) He was accompanied by his father.
  • Acquit of ( খালাস দেওয়া ) High court acquit him of the charge.
  • Overcome by ( দমন করা ) He was overcome by anger.

Idioms:

  • In a fix ( মুশকিলে পতিত ) He is in a fix and does not know what to do.
  • Bone of contention ( বিবাদের বিষয় ) The paternal property is the bone of contention between the two brothers.
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • At home ( দক্ষ ) He is at home in mathematics.
  • In one's teens ( তের থেকে উনিশ বছর বয়সের মধ্যে ) She is yet in her teens.