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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Overcome by ( দমন করা ) He was overcome by anger.
  • Engaged in ( নিযুক্ত (কাজে) ) I was engaged with him in talk.
  • Refer to ( বিচারার্থে পাঠানো ) Refer the matter to him for enquiry.
  • Engaged to ( বাগদত্ত ) Lila was engaged to him.
  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Informed of ( অবহিত ) I was not informed of your misfortune.

Idioms:

  • In no time ( শীঘ্র ) He will finish the work in no time.
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • Burning question ( তীব্র বিতর্কের বিষয় ) The problem of the dowry system is the burning question of the day.
  • Big gun ( নেতৃস্থানীয় ব্যক্তি ) He is a big gun of our locality.
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • Turn down ( প্রত্যাখান করা ) He turned down my proposal.