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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Confined in ( আবদ্ধ (কক্ষ) ) He is confined in a room for five days.
  • Persist in ( লেগে থাকা ) He persisted in disturbing me.
  • Oblige to ( বাধিত করা ) I am obliged to him for his co-operation.
  • Engaged in ( নিযুক্ত (কাজে) ) I was engaged with him in talk.
  • Ambition for ( উচ্চাকাঙ্খা ) He has no ambition for fame in life.
  • Admit of ( স্বীকৃতি পাওয়া ) Your conduct admits of no excuse.

Idioms:

  • A bed of roses thorns ( কন্টকময় জীবন ) Life is nothing but a bed of roses.
  • In lieu of ( পরিবর্তে ) Give me this pen in lieu of that.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • Set free ( মুক্ত করা ) The prisoners were set free.
  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.
  • Round the clock ( সমস্ত দিন ) He is working round the clock.