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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Hard at ( উদ্যমী ) He is hard at work before examination.
  • Void of ( বিহীন ) He is void of common sense.
  • Wish for ( আকাঙ্খা করা ) I do not wish for name and fame.
  • Admit to ( ভর্তি করা ) Khadil was admitted to university.
  • Absorbed in ( নিবিষ্ট ; মগ্ন ) Scientist is absorbed in experiment
  • Cope with ( সামলানো ) I cannot cope with the situation.

Idioms:

  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )
  • reap the harvest of sin ( কর্ম ভোগ করা )
  • Bird of a feather ( এক রকম স্বভাবের লোক ) Birds of a feather flock together.
  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.
  • Kith and kin ( নিকট আত্মীয় ) He has no good relationship with his kith and kin.
  • know from a bare hint ( এক আঁচরেই বোঝা )