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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Engaged in ( নিযুক্ত (কাজে) ) I was engaged with him in talk.
  • Live by ( কোন উপায়ে বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives by honest means.
  • Overcome by ( দমন করা ) He was overcome by anger.
  • Need of ( প্রয়োজনীয় ) I am in need of more money.
  • Offensive to ( বিরক্তিকর ) This acrid smell is offensive to me.
  • Due to ( কারণে ) His absence is due to illness.

Idioms:

  • Out of order ( বিকল ) This car is out of order.
  • put the cart before the horse ( স্বাভাবিক অবস্থা উলটাইয়া দেওয়া ; অস্বাভাবিক অবস্থা পরিণত করা )
  • In a fix ( মুশকিলে পতিত ) He is in a fix and does not know what to do.
  • to the bad ( মন্দাবস্থায় ; ঘাটতি অবস্থায় )
  • In force ( বলবৎ ) This law is in force now.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.