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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Engaged to ( বাগদত্ত ) Lila was engaged to him.
  • Affectionate to ( স্নেহশীল ) He is affectionate to me.
  • Compare to ( তুলনা করা (অসদৃশ বস্তু) ) Anger is compared to fire.
  • Die of ( মারা যাওয়া (রোগ) ) He died of cholera.
  • Look for ( খোঁজা ) I am looking for a good job.
  • Obsessed by ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is obsessed by the idea.

Idioms:

  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • In time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) He reached the station in time.
  • Hush money ( ঘুষ ) He offered a hush money to suppress the murder.
  • Call in question ( সন্দেহ করা ) No one can call his honesty in question.
  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.
  • In force ( বলবৎ ) This law is in force now.