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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Involved in ( জড়িত ) He is involved in the plot.
  • Deal in ( ব্যবসা করা ) He deals in rice.
  • Wanting in ( বিহীন ) He is wanting in common sense.
  • Liking for ( রুচি ) She has a liking for music.
  • Familiar with ( সুপরিচিত ) He is familiar with my brother.
  • Talk to ( কথা বলা (ব্যক্তি) ) I am talking to (with) Mr. Roy.

Idioms:

  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.
  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )
  • In lieu of ( পরিবর্তে ) Give me this pen in lieu of that.
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • in the doldrums ( উদাসীন ভাবাপন্ন )