"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.
  • Live by ( কোন উপায়ে বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives by honest means.
  • Burst into ( ভেঙ্গে পড়া ) He burst into tears at the sad news
  • Resign to ( আত্মসমর্পন করা (স্বয়ং) ) I resigned myself to fate
  • Annoyed for ( বিরক্ত (কোন কিছু) ) I was annoyed for the music.
  • Smile on ( অনুগ্রহ করা ) Fortune smiled on him.

Idioms:

  • be bad at ( দক্ষ না হওয়া )
  • pound of flesh ( এক চুল এদিক ওদিক নয় )
  • To the letter ( অক্ষরে অক্ষরে ) He followed my advice to the letter.
  • Ins and outs ( খুঁটিনাটি সব কিছু ) I know the ins and outs of the matter.
  • Moot point ( অমীমাংসিত বিষয় ) Dowry system is still a moot point in Bangladesh.
  • All on a sudden ( হঠাৎ ) All on a sudden a tiger came out of the bush.