"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.
  • Enter into ( প্রবেশ করা ) He entered into the room.
  • Open at ( উন্মুক্ত করা বা খোলা ) Open at page 20 of English book.
  • Lacking in ( অভাব আছে এমন ) He is lacking in courage.
  • Make for ( অগ্রসর হওয়া ) The ship made for England.
  • Lay by ( সঞ্চয় করা ) Lay by something for the old age.

Idioms:

  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.
  • Curry favour ( তোষামোদ করিয়ে প্রিয় হওয়া ) He knows how to curry favour with officers.
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • By all means ( সবর্প্রকার ) Try to do it by all means.
  • A blessing in disguise ( বিপরীতে হিত ; প্রথমে খারাপ হিসেবে মনে হলেও পরবর্তীতে ভালো হয় ) Sam's motorcycle accident was a blessing in disguise because he got enough insurance money.