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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Occupied with ( নিয়োজিত (কাজ) ) He is occupied with his studies.
  • Open to ( উন্মুক্ত ) His plan is open to objection.
  • Look over ( পরীক্ষা করা ) He is looking over the answer papers.
  • Think over ( চিন্তা করা (কোনকিছু) ) Think carefully over his advice.
  • Favourable for ( অনুকূল (কোনকিছু) ) This situation is favorable to me for doing this.
  • Tolerant of ( সহিষ্ণু ) We must be tolerant of opposition.

Idioms:

  • At a loss ( হতবু্দ্ধি ; কিংকর্তব্যবিমূঢ় ) He was at a loss and did not know what to do.
  • At large ( স্বাধীন ) The anti-socials are still at large.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • To the contrary ( কাহারও বক্তব্যের বিপক্ষে ) In the court he said nothing to the contrary.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • Fall flat ( ফলপ্রসূ না হওয়া ) My advice feel fiat on him.