"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.
  • Tell upon ( ক্ষতি করা ) Over-eating tells upon health.
  • Popular with ( জনপ্রিয় ) He is popular with all for his good behaviour.
  • End in ( শেষ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.
  • Pass away ( মারা যাওয়া ) He passes away last night.
  • Liking for ( রুচি ) She has a liking for music.

Idioms:

  • breathe out ( নিঃশ্বাস ত্যাগ করা ) At last, he breathed his last breath out, and that was the end.
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.
  • queer go ( অদ্ভুত ব্যপার )
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • All but ( প্রায় ) The poor villagers are all but ruined.
  • Head and ears ( সম্পূর্ণরূপে ) He is over head and ears in debt.