"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
  • Made of ( তৈরি ) This ring is made of gold.
  • Compete with ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন একজন) ) I competed with him for the first prize.
  • Open at ( উন্মুক্ত করা বা খোলা ) Open at page 20 of English book.
  • Attend on ( সেবা করা ) She attends on her mother.
  • Annoyed with ( বিরক্ত (ব্যক্তি) ) I was annoyed with him for being late.

Idioms:

  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • In lieu of ( পরিবর্তে ) Give me this pen in lieu of that.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.
  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.