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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Absorbed in ( নিবিষ্ট ; মগ্ন ) Scientist is absorbed in experiment
  • Quick of ( চটপটে ) He is quick of understanding.
  • Require of ( প্রয়োজন হওয়া (কোন কিছু) ) I required a loan of him.
  • Pity for ( করুণা ) Have pity for the poor.
  • Lame of ( খোঁড়া ) He is lame of one leg.
  • Junior to ( নিম্নপদস্থ ; বয়সে কম ) He is junior to me in service.

Idioms:

  • Lion's share ( সিংহভাগ ) He took the lion's share of the profit.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.
  • Turn down ( প্রত্যাখান করা ) He turned down my proposal.
  • To the contrary ( কাহারও বক্তব্যের বিপক্ষে ) In the court he said nothing to the contrary.
  • From hand to mouth ( দিন আনে দিন খায় ) The poor man lives form hand to mouth.