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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Absorbed in ( নিবিষ্ট ; মগ্ন ) Scientist is absorbed in experiment
  • Prohibit from ( বারণ করা ) I prohibited him from going there.
  • Familiar with ( সুপরিচিত ) He is familiar with my brother.
  • Die of ( মারা যাওয়া (রোগ) ) He died of cholera.
  • Wait on ( সেবা করা ) The nurse waited on the patient.
  • Grateful for ( কৃতজ্ঞ (কোনকিছু) ) I am grateful to you for your help.

Idioms:

  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.
  • In a nut shell ( খুব সংক্ষেপে ) Tell the story in a nut shell.
  • clever hit ( কথার মতন কথা )
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • Curry favour ( তোষামোদ করিয়ে প্রিয় হওয়া ) He knows how to curry favour with officers.
  • Heart and soul ( সর্বান্তঃকরণে ) Try heard and soul and you will succeed.