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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Engaged with ( নিযুক্ত (ব্যক্তি) ) I was engaged with him in talk.
  • Diffident of ( সন্দিগ্ধ ) I am diffident of success.
  • Taste for ( রুচি ) She has no taste for music.
  • Live beyond ( বাঁচা ) He lives beyond his means.
  • Rid of ( মুক্ত হওয়া ) Get rid of bad company.
  • Vexed for ( বিরক্ত (জিনিস) ) He is vexed with me for opposing him.

Idioms:

  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.
  • Household word ( সকলের পরিচিত নাম ) Mother Teresa's name has now become a household word.
  • Make both ends meet ( আয়ব্যয় মেলানো ) I cannot make both ends meet with my small income.
  • Weal and woe ( সুখ-দুঃখ ) Human life is full of weal and woe.
  • in the doldrums ( উদাসীন ভাবাপন্ন )
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.