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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Rid of ( মুক্ত হওয়া ) Get rid of bad company.
  • Differ with ( ভিন্ন মত হওয়া (ব্যক্তি) ) I differ with you on this point.
  • Persist in ( লেগে থাকা ) He persisted in disturbing me.
  • Rest upon ( নির্ভর করা ; বিশ্বাসস্থাপন করা ) I rest upon your promise.
  • Engaged in ( নিযুক্ত (কাজে) ) I was engaged with him in talk.
  • Entitled to ( অধিকারী ) He is entitled to a reward for his honesty.

Idioms:

  • A rainy day ( দুর্দিন ) Everybody should save something for rainy day.
  • Far and wide ( সর্বত্র ) His fame as a scholar spread far and wide
  • In fine ( পরিশেষ ) In fine he declared his plan.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • Moot point ( অমীমাংসিত বিষয় ) Dowry system is still a moot point in Bangladesh.
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.