"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.
  • Beware of ( সতর্ক হওয়া ) Beware of pick-pockets.
  • Quarrel about ( কলহ করা (কোনকিছু) ) They quarreled with one another about the property.
  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.
  • Officiate for ( পরিবর্তে কাজ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He officiated for me in that post.
  • Impose on ( চাপানো ) The task was imposed on him.

Idioms:

  • have a bad time ( দুশ্চিন্তায় কাল কাটানো ; দুঃসময়ে পড়া )
  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.
  • In a hurry ( তাড়াহুড়ার মধ্যে ) Don't do the work in a hurry.
  • bad faith ( বিশ্বাসঘাতকতা )
  • Widow's mite ( দরিদ্রর ক্ষুদ্র দান ) A widow's mite is no less important than a large contribution of a rich man.
  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.