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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Send for ( ডেকে পাঠানো ) Send for a doctor immediately.
  • Devote to ( উৎসর্গ করা ) He devotes much time to study.
  • Engaged with ( নিযুক্ত (ব্যক্তি) ) I was engaged with him in talk.
  • Based on ( ভিত্তি থাকা ) Your remarks were not based on the facts.
  • Hard of ( কম শোনা ) He is hard of hearing.
  • Engaged in ( নিযুক্ত (কাজে) ) I was engaged with him in talk.

Idioms:

  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • In force ( বলবৎ ) This law is in force now.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • Get rid of ( মুক্তি পাওয়া ) Try to get rid of that rogue.
  • Turn a deaf ear to ( মনোযোগ না দেওয়া ) He turned a deaf ear to my proposal.
  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.