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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Occupied in ( নিয়োজিত ) He is occupied in writing a letter.
  • Talk to ( কথা বলা (ব্যক্তি) ) I am talking to (with) Mr. Roy.
  • Accompanied with ( একসঙ্গে ঘটা ) He has fever accompanied with headache.
  • Lack of ( অভাব ) I have no lack of friends.
  • Vain of ( অহঙ্কারী ) She is vain of her beauty.
  • Hard of ( কম শোনা ) He is hard of hearing.

Idioms:

  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • Bed of roses ( আরামদায়ক অবস্থা ) Life is not a bed of roses.
  • All but ( প্রায় ) The poor villagers are all but ruined.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • Flesh and blood ( রক্তমাংসের শরীর ) Flesh and blood cannot bear with such insults.
  • At arm’s length ( দূরে ) Try to keep the bad boy at arm’s length.