"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.
  • Different from ( পৃথক ) This book is different from that.
  • Responsible for ( দায়ী (কোন কার্জ) ) He is responsible to the committee for his action.
  • Supply to ( যোগান দেওয়া (ব্যক্তি) ) He supplied food to us.
  • Succeed in ( সাফল্য লাভ করা ) He will succeed in life.
  • Require of ( প্রয়োজন হওয়া (কোন কিছু) ) I required a loan of him.

Idioms:

  • when pigs fly ( কখনও না ) I will help you when pigs fly
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • pound of flesh ( এক চুল এদিক ওদিক নয় )
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.
  • Read between the lines ( তাৎপর্য বোঝা ) Try to read between the lines of the letter.