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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Partial to ( পক্ষপাত দুষ্ট ) He is partial to his son.
  • Depend on ( নির্ভর করা ) Success depends on hard work.
  • Live within ( বাঁচা ) He live within his means
  • Good at ( দক্ষ ) He is good at tennis.
  • Engaged with ( নিযুক্ত (ব্যক্তি) ) I was engaged with him in talk.
  • Mourn for ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn for the dead.

Idioms:

  • cringing flatterer ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )
  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )
  • By leaps and bounds ( অতি দ্রুতগতিতে ) The population of Bangladesh is increasing by leaps and bounds.
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )