"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.
  • Cope with ( সামলানো ) I cannot cope with the situation.
  • Bent on ( ঝোঁক ) He is bent on playing cricket.
  • Certain of ( নিশ্চিত ) He is now certain of his ground.
  • Eager about ( আগ্রহী ) He is eager about the result.
  • Callous to ( উদাসীন ) He is callous to my suffering.

Idioms:

  • Make both ends meet ( আয়ব্যয় মেলানো ) I cannot make both ends meet with my small income.
  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.
  • 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.
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • On the spur of the moment ( মুহুর্তের উত্তেজনায় ) He did it on the spur of the moment.
  • have a bad time ( দুশ্চিন্তায় কাল কাটানো ; দুঃসময়ে পড়া )