"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.
  • Envious of ( ঈর্ষান্বিত ) I am not envious of his riches.
  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.
  • Guess at ( অনুমান করা ) Can you guess at her age?
  • Parallel to ( সমান্তরাল ) This line is parallel to that.
  • Prior to ( পূর্বে ) Prior to that, he was in a wretched condition.

Idioms:

  • At a low ebb ( নিম্নমুখী ) His fame is at a low ebb now.
  • Widow's mite ( দরিদ্রর ক্ষুদ্র দান ) A widow's mite is no less important than a large contribution of a rich man.
  • Build castles in the air ( আকাশ কুসুম চিন্তা করা ) Don't idle away your time in building castles in the air.
  • a rotten apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few rotten apples.
  • Take to heart ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) He took his remark to heart.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.