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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Occupied in ( নিয়োজিত ) He is occupied in writing a letter.
  • Commence on ( শুরু করা ) Our examination commences on the 3rd July.
  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.
  • Play on ( বাজানো ) He played on guitar.
  • Bent on ( ঝোঁক ) He is bent on playing cricket.
  • Admit to ( ভর্তি করা ) Khadil was admitted to university.

Idioms:

  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • Black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) He is a black sheep in his family.
  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home
  • Slow coach ( অলস প্রকৃতির লোক ) You cannot expect much from a slow coach like him.
  • but me no buts ( কিন্তু কিন্তু করো না )