"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
  • Essential to ( অত্যাবশ্যক ) Food is essential to health.
  • Annoyed for ( বিরক্ত (কোন কিছু) ) I was annoyed for the music.
  • Compete for ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন কিছু) ) He competed for the first position.
  • Access to ( প্রবেশ অধিকার ) Public has no access to this area.
  • Prefer to ( অধিক পছন্দ করা ) I prefer coffee to tea.

Idioms:

  • In time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) He reached the station in time.
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • Bird of a feather ( এক রকম স্বভাবের লোক ) Birds of a feather flock together.
  • A bed of roses ( সুখ-স্বাচ্ছন্দ্যপূর্ণ জীবন ) Many people think that life is a bed of roses
  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.
  • Black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) He is a black sheep in his family.