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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Absorbed in ( নিবিষ্ট ; মগ্ন ) Scientist is absorbed in experiment
  • Weak in ( কাঁচা ) He is weak in Mathematics.
  • Divide into ( বিভক্ত করা (অংশ) ) It was divided into several parts.
  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.
  • Parallel to ( সমান্তরাল ) This line is parallel to that.
  • Succeed in ( সাফল্য লাভ করা ) He will succeed in life.

Idioms:

  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • Turn a deaf ear to ( মনোযোগ না দেওয়া ) He turned a deaf ear to my proposal.
  • when pigs fly ( কখনও না ) I will help you when pigs fly
  • Kith and kin ( নিকট আত্মীয় ) He has no good relationship with his kith and kin.
  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.
  • Household word ( সকলের পরিচিত নাম ) Mother Teresa's name has now become a household word.