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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Absorbed in ( নিবিষ্ট ; মগ্ন ) Scientist is absorbed in experiment
  • Proud of ( গর্বিত ) He is proud of his position.
  • Jump to ( তাড়াহুড়ো করে সিদ্ধান্তে আসা ) Do not jump to a conclusion without much thinking.
  • Make out ( বুঝতে পারা ) I cannot make out what you say.
  • Mad with ( উন্মাদ প্রায় ) He is mad with pain.
  • Confined in ( আবদ্ধ (কক্ষ) ) He is confined in a room for five days.

Idioms:

  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.
  • In a nut shell ( খুব সংক্ষেপে ) Tell the story in a nut shell.
  • Burning question ( তীব্র বিতর্কের বিষয় ) The problem of the dowry system is the burning question of the day.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • Household word ( সকলের পরিচিত নাম ) Mother Teresa's name has now become a household word.