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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Want of ( অভাব ) We have no want of money.
  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Absorbed in ( নিবিষ্ট ; মগ্ন ) Scientist is absorbed in experiment
  • Offended at ( বিরক্ত (কোন কাজে) ) I am offended with you at your conduct.
  • Entitled to ( অধিকারী ) He is entitled to a reward for his honesty.
  • Listen to ( শোনা ) Listen to the news on the radio.

Idioms:

  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • Take to one's heels ( ছুটিয়া পালানো ) The thieves took to their heels to see the police.
  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • Nip in the bud ( অঙ্কুরে বিনষ্ট করা ) All his hopes were nipped in the bud.
  • Round the clock ( সমস্ত দিন ) He is working round the clock.