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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Engaged with ( নিযুক্ত (ব্যক্তি) ) I was engaged with him in talk.
  • Wanting in ( বিহীন ) He is wanting in common sense.
  • Yield to ( আত্মসমর্পণ করা ) He Yielded to his enemy.
  • Angry with ( রাগান্বিত (ব্যক্তি) ) He is angry with me for speaking against him.
  • Proud of ( গর্বিত ) He is proud of his position.
  • Pity for ( করুণা ) Have pity for the poor.

Idioms:

  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.
  • Red tape ( লাল ফিতার বাঁধন ; আমলাতান্ত্রিকতা ) Red tapism causes delay in official work.
  • Bird of a feather ( এক রকম স্বভাবের লোক ) Birds of a feather flock together.
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.