"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.
  • Lay by ( সঞ্চয় করা ) Lay by something for the old age.
  • Annoyed with ( বিরক্ত (ব্যক্তি) ) I was annoyed with him for being late.
  • Accustomed to ( অভ্যস্ত ) I am accustomed to such a life.
  • Listen to ( শোনা ) Listen to the news on the radio.
  • Affectionate to ( স্নেহশীল ) He is affectionate to me.

Idioms:

  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • Widow's mite ( দরিদ্রর ক্ষুদ্র দান ) A widow's mite is no less important than a large contribution of a rich man.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • At last ( অবশেষে ) I got my missing book at last.
  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.
  • harp on the same string ( এক কথা বারবার বলা )