"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.
  • Oblige to ( বাধিত করা ) I am obliged to him for his co-operation.
  • Attend upon ( সেবা করা ) She attends upon her mother.
  • Trust with ( বিশ্বাস করা (জিনিস) ) You may trust me with the work.
  • Similar to ( সদৃশ ) This pen is similar to that.
  • Plead for ( ওকালতি করা (কোনকিছু) ) I pleaded with him for justice (against the wrong done to me).

Idioms:

  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • Hush money ( ঘুষ ) He offered a hush money to suppress the murder.
  • A bed of roses thorns ( কন্টকময় জীবন ) Life is nothing but a bed of roses.
  • Null and void ( বাতিল ) The deed has been null and void now.
  • Apple of discord ( বিবাদেয় বিষয় ) The paternal property has become an apple of discord between the two brothers.
  • a rotten apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few rotten apples.