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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Involved in ( জড়িত ) He is involved in the plot.
  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Search for ( অনুসন্ধান ) Their search for the thing was of no avail.
  • Guess at ( অনুমান করা ) Can you guess at her age?
  • Lacking in ( অভাব আছে এমন ) He is lacking in courage.
  • Occupied in ( নিয়োজিত ) He is occupied in writing a letter.

Idioms:

  • word of no implication ( কথার কথা )
  • Come to light ( প্রকাশিত হওয়া ) Their private talk has come to light at last.
  • At all events ( যাই ঘটুক সব ক্ষেত্রেই ) I shall stand by him at all events.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • bunch of fives ( মুষ্টি ; পাঁচ আঙ্গুলের মুঠো ) Rock can break anything with his bunch of fives.
  • By hook or by crook ( যে কোন উপায়ে ) You must do this work by hook or by crook.