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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Engaged with ( নিযুক্ত (ব্যক্তি) ) I was engaged with him in talk.
  • Good at ( দক্ষ ) He is good at tennis.
  • Capacity for ( যোগ্যতা ) He has a capacity for hard work.
  • Junior to ( নিম্নপদস্থ ; বয়সে কম ) He is junior to me in service.
  • Jealous of ( ঈর্ষা পরায়ণ ) I am not at all jealous of his fortune.
  • Respect to ( সম্বন্ধে ) We are talking with respect to that matter.

Idioms:

  • Read between the lines ( তাৎপর্য বোঝা ) Try to read between the lines of the letter.
  • At last ( অবশেষে ) I got my missing book at last.
  • Cock and bull story ( গাঁজাখুরি গল্প ) Nobody will believe your cock and bull story
  • reinvent the wheel ( এমন কোনকিছু তৈরিতে সময় নষ্ট করা যা বর্তমানে বিদ্যমান ও ঠিকঠাক কাজ করে ) There's no point in us reinventing the wheel
  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home
  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.