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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Differ from ( ভিন্নরূপ হওয়া ) This thing differs from that.
  • Listen to ( শোনা ) Listen to the news on the radio.
  • Occupied in ( নিয়োজিত ) He is occupied in writing a letter.
  • Hunger for ( তীব্র আকাঙ্খা ) His hunger for knowledge surprised us.
  • Conscious of ( সচেতন ) He is conscious of his weakness.
  • Affectionate to ( স্নেহশীল ) He is affectionate to me.

Idioms:

  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.
  • reap the harvest of sin ( কর্ম ভোগ করা )
  • host in himself ( একাই একশ )
  • In the mean time ( ইতিমধ্যে ) Lila will come here to-night. In the mean time you should get her room ready.
  • Bed of roses ( আরামদায়ক অবস্থা ) Life is not a bed of roses.
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.