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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Smile on ( অনুগ্রহ করা ) Fortune smiled on him.
  • Absorbed in ( নিবিষ্ট ; মগ্ন ) Scientist is absorbed in experiment
  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.
  • Suffer from ( কষ্ট পাওয়া ) He is suffering from fever.
  • Triumph over ( জয় করা ) Jim and Della triumphed over their poverty.
  • Marry to ( বিবাহ দেওয়া ) He married his daughter to a rich man.

Idioms:

  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • pulling your leg ( কৌতক করা ) Do not take it seriously, i was just pulling you leg
  • Moot point ( অমীমাংসিত বিষয় ) Dowry system is still a moot point in Bangladesh.
  • A black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) Tom is a black sheep in their family
  • At all events ( যাই ঘটুক সব ক্ষেত্রেই ) I shall stand by him at all events.
  • Slip of the pen ( লেখায় অসতর্কতাবশতঃ সামান্য ভুল ) This mistake is due to a slip of the pen.