"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.
  • Opposite to ( বিপরীত ) Your idea is opposite to mine.
  • Live beyond ( বাঁচা ) He lives beyond his means.
  • Callous to ( উদাসীন ) He is callous to my suffering.
  • Live by ( কোন উপায়ে বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives by honest means.
  • Prone to ( ঝোঁক আছে এমন ) He is prone to idleness.

Idioms:

  • Hard nut to crack ( কঠিন সমস্যা ) The problem of adult education is really a hard nut to crack.
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • walk in someone shoes ( কারো অভিজ্ঞতা বা অবস্থানে থাকা বোঝায় ) When you walk in my shoes, you might understand.
  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • Fish in a troubled water ( এলোমোলো অবস্থায় সুযোগ নেওয়া ) He made a lot of money by fishing in a troubled water.
  • By hook or by crook ( যে কোন উপায়ে ) You must do this work by hook or by crook.