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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Close to ( নিকটে ) The school is very close to our house.
  • Engaged to ( বাগদত্ত ) Lila was engaged to him.
  • Impose on ( চাপানো ) The task was imposed on him.
  • Favour with ( অনুগত করা ) Would you favour me with an early reply?
  • Hard of ( কম শোনা ) He is hard of hearing.
  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.

Idioms:

  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )
  • In a nut shell ( খুব সংক্ষেপে ) Tell the story in a nut shell.
  • bad faith ( বিশ্বাসঘাতকতা )
  • To the contrary ( কাহারও বক্তব্যের বিপক্ষে ) In the court he said nothing to the contrary.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • Out of sorts ( ঈষৎ অসুস্থ ) He is out of sorts now.