"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.
  • Confident of ( স্থির বিশ্বাসী ) I am confident of success.
  • Compete with ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন একজন) ) I competed with him for the first prize.
  • Enquire of ( অনুসন্ধান করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He enquired of me into the matter.
  • Tell upon ( ক্ষতি করা ) Over-eating tells upon health.
  • Faith with ( বিশ্বাস (ভঙ্গ) ) He broke faith with me.

Idioms:

  • Build castles in the air ( আকাশ কুসুম চিন্তা করা ) Don't idle away your time in building castles in the air.
  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.
  • Take to heart ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) He took his remark to heart.
  • In cold blood ( ঠান্ডা মাথায় ) They committed this murder in cold blood.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • blue blood ( অভিজাত বংশের রক্ত বহনকারী )