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Appropriate Preposition:
- Engaged with ( নিযুক্ত (ব্যক্তি) ) I was engaged with him in talk.
- Consist of ( গঠিত হওয়া ) This class consists of fifty boys and thirty girls.
- Proud of ( গর্বিত ) He is proud of his position.
- Sure of ( নিশ্চিত ) I am sure of success.
- Absorbed in ( নিবিষ্ট ; মগ্ন ) Scientist is absorbed in experiment
- Engaged in ( নিযুক্ত (কাজে) ) I was engaged with him in talk.
Idioms:
- Ins and outs ( খুঁটিনাটি সব কিছু ) I know the ins and outs of the matter.
- Achilles heel ( দুর্বলতা বা ত্রুটি ) He is trying to hide but everybody knows his achilles' heel
- Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
- A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
- Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.
- By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.