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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Engaged in ( নিযুক্ত (কাজে) ) I was engaged with him in talk.
  • Mad with ( উন্মাদ প্রায় ) He is mad with pain.
  • Indifferent to ( উদাসীন ) He is indifferent to our problem.
  • Adjacent to ( সংলগ্ন ) Her college is adjacent to her house.
  • Envy of ( ঈর্ষা ) I have no envy of him.
  • Prohibit from ( বারণ করা ) I prohibited him from going there.

Idioms:

  • Sink in ( আবদ্ধ হওয়া, ডুবে যাওয়া ) He sank in mud or the ship sank into the sea.
  • In the long run ( পরিশেষে ) You will have to suffer in the long run.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.
  • In vogue ( চালু ) This custom is not in vogue now.
  • a rotten apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few rotten apples.